Monthly Archives: October 2008

Michael Pollan’s Open Letter to Mr. President

October 12, 2008

Very interesting essay. I wonder if Mr. Next President will take it into consideration? By the way, Michael Pollan’s TED talk is also pretty fascinating. The Food Issue of the New York Times: An Open Letter to the Next Farmer in Chief Dear Mr. President-Elect, It may surprise you to learn that among the issues that will occupy much of your time in the coming years is one you barely mentioned during the campaign: food. Food policy is not something […]

Tiffany in five sentences…

Tiffany prefers to spend her days globetrotting and living out of a backpack. She is deeply intrigued, frustrated, and inspired by international development work, especially in food security, education policy, and citizen agency issues. One day, she hopes to convince the world economic system to work in favour of the marginalized and the environment. One of her identities is being a graduate from the Global Resource Systems program in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia. She aims to write posts that will make her cringe in ten years on this blog.