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Food Police: A Well-Fed Manifesto About The Politics Of Your Plate (2013)

by Jayson Lusk(Favorite Author)

3.31 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1299455662 (ISBN13: 9781299455665)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Crown Forum

review 1: An obviously conservative economist's views of current efforts to change food policy. I liked it better then I thought that I would. Also an obvious rant against Michael Pollen's views (and others, but Pollen is mentioned more then most). I am looking for all views on food issues, so this was a welcome change in my usual readings. I actually agreed with many of his thoughts and was able to compare them to theories learned in Eco. He lost me in the last few chapters with repetitive writing/thoughts and different ideologies, but a good opposing view point with some similarities of thought.
review 2: Wanted to like this more. Love Mr Lusk's blog. The premises of the book are absolutely solid in my opinion, but the tone comes off as right wing snarky. It's as if i... moret was more important to slaughter a few left wing sacred cows (Michelle Obama's plant your own garden program for instance)than to show the science/economics that back up his premises. It makes for a great show for the already converted, but I wouldn't recommend this title to someone who I wanted to convince. The science can speak for itself. Still a valuable addition to shine a light on slow food/organic mythmaking (not that there is anything inherently wrong with choosing to farm/eat that way, as Mr Lusk also points out, but there is a problem with having government make those myths policy) that seems to be accepted uncritically. less

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