The Politics of Food and What to Eat

September 15, 2007

When you drop that box of cereal into your shopping cart, choose between conventional and organic strawberries or buy a steak from a local farmer, have you thought about how that affects your family’s health? Have you also considered the marketing dollars behind your choices, and the politics of the food industry? Most of us would say no, but Marion Nestle, author and nutrition teacher at New York State University, thinks a great deal about these topics. Listen in as Darlene Kvist, Christina Swigart and special guest Marion Nestle talk about what to eat.