Michael Pollan gives a plant's-eye view. Interviews - Michael Pollan : "Pourquoi les nutritionnistes se trompent. Dans ce livre, vous parlez de « nutritionnisme » cette tendance des scientifiques et des experts en nutrition à voir les aliments comme la simple somme de leurs éléments nutritifs. Qu’est-ce qui vous choque dans ce mode de pensée ? Deux choses ne vont pas dans ce que j’appelle le nutritionnisme. La première c’est que quelle que soit l'information scientifique publiée, elle est très rapidement déformée par les industriels et les publicitaires.
Ils vont prendre une information partielle sur les antioxydants, et vous raconter que si vous mangez des amandes vous allez vivre indéfiniment. Pensiez-vous que les 3 phrases « Mangez de vrais aliments. J'ai été surpris. Mais ce n'est pas aussi simple qu'il y paraît, n’est-ce pas ? Non, à cause de ces substances comestibles qui se travestissent pour ressembler à de la nourriture dans les rayons de supermarchés.
À propos de technologie alimentaire, des aliments issus d'animaux clonés semblent destinés à être homologués en Europe et aux États-Unis. BOOKD: The Omnivore's Dilemma. Michael Pollan: Deep Agriculture. Making farmers cool again Farming has become an occupation and cultural force of the past. Michael Pollan’s talk promoted the premise - and hope - that farming can become an occupation and force of the future. In the past century American farmers were given the assignment to produce lots of calories cheaply, and they did. They became the most productive humans on earth. A single farmer in Iowa could feed 150 of his neighbors.
The benefit of a reformed food system, besides better food, better environment and less climate shock, is better health and the savings of trillions of dollars. Pollan outlined what this recovery for American farmers and food producers should be. Governments should reward farmers for diversifying away from monocultures. How might such change happen? The major problem with his vision? Make farms and farmers cool again. --Kevin Kelly. Articles. The Intelligent Plant The New Yorker, December 23, 2013 In 1973, a book claiming that plants were sentient beings that feel emotions, prefer classical music to rock and roll, and can respond to the unspoken thoughts of humans hundreds of miles away landed on the New York Times best-seller list for nonfiction. “The Secret Life of Plants,” by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird, presented a beguiling mashup of legitimate plant science, quack experiments, and mystical nature worship that captured the public imagination at a time when New Age thinking was seeping into the mainstream.
My Tragic Encounter With James Taylor’s Pig The New York Times Magazine, September 12, 2013 The summer of 1971 was drawing to a close, and I had a large and growing problem: Kosher, my pet pig. Some of My Best Friends Are Germs The New York Times Magazine, May 15, 2013 Vote for the Dinner Party The New York Times Magazine, October 10, 2012 Michael Pollan Answers Readers’ Questions These questions for Mr. More » Michael Pollan (michaelpollan) Authors@Google: Michael Pollan. Michael Pollan gives a plant's-eye view.