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This week,  I am starting a new category on this blog  called “Feature Authors”

The feature Author for today is Michael Pollan an American author, journalist, activist, and professor of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. He has written several books

The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals a nonfiction book published in 2006, in which Pollan asks the seemingly straightforward question of what we should have for dinner. To find out about those choices, Pollan follows each of the food chains that sustain us – industrial food, organic food, and food we forage ourselves. He trace’s our food  from the source to a final meal, and in the process writes an account of the American way of eating.

The average food on the American plate has traveled 1,500 miles, is between 7- 14 days old, and has wasted criminal amounts of fossil fuel from fertilization to harvest. If that food is processed and packaged, it’s even worse.

Food in the conventional supermarket system contributes mightily to our outrageous energy waste and C02 levels.

A great way to begin to turn this ship around is to direct your money and support toward a local or regional farm. All your produce will be fresh, seasonal, and you’ll be contributing toward that beautiful farmland view.

Below you can watch the video” Machael Pollan Why Eat Local?”

His Book  The Omnivore’s Dilemma is sold on Amazon