Michael Pollan, whose books The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto have made him the de facto spokesman for the movement toward sustainable agriculture, irked even some of his supporters this past summer when in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece he wrote that we shouldn't hesitate to spend $6 for a dozen eggs. Mere weeks later, millions of conventional (i.e., not free-range or pasture-raised) eggs were recalled owing to a salmonella outbreak. Which is to say:... More »
