I am not usually on the front edge of social commentary, but occasionally something crosses my desk that really gets my attention. For example, I recently read a book entitled, The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan. One underlying theme of Mr. Pollan’s writing is that the true cost of America’s food supply is not being properly accounted for. Our food is actually being presented to us at too small/inexpensive a price. As an example,
“A one-pound box of prewashed lettuce contains 80 calories of food energy. According to Cornell ecologist David Pimentel, growing, chilling, washing, packaging, and
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