The Politics of Food

By: GRITtv Wednesday May 13, 2009 9:00 am

From industrial agriculture and human health to the recession's impact on the way we eat, food and politics are not easily separated. In fact they never have been. As lines at food banks swell and restaurants close their doors what control do we have over the food we eat?

Peter Hoffman, chef and owner of Savoy Restaurant and Back Forty, Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System, and Marja Samsom, chef and owner of the Kitchen Club on why eating local matters, the global food system, and the hidden costs of cheap food.