Supersize me organically

Esteemed writer Michael Pollan tells how overproduction of commodity crops has led to overconsumption and obesity, and he challenges the wisdom of “organic high-fructose corn syrup” and the machinations that would create such products.

Now before you go out and sue McDonald’s or Kraft for the size of your waistline, consider the though that this overproduction of cheap corn is government policy.

I think if we think ahead 25 years our dreams should be more than making all that corn belt organic corn belt.

Thanks to U.S. farmers Americans now have 500 more calories available to them everyday than they did in the late 1970s. Photo: William E. Carnahan, USDA