Bill Moyers Journal (2007-2010); Michael Pollan; Moyers: And American Abroad

November 28, 2008

BILL MOYERS JOURNAL takes a hard look at how America's food policies, trade rules, farm subsidies, and regulation, affect larger issues including global warming, healthcare, and even homeland security. Bill Moyers sits down with Michael Pollan, Knight Professor of Journalism at University of California Berkeley, to discuss what directions the U.S. should pursue in the often-overlooked question of food policy. Pollan is author of IN DEFENSE OF FOOD: AN EATER'S MANIFESTO. And a portrait of an East New York Community Gardens, an urban garden providing a place the community to grow clean healthy food. BILL MOYERS JOURNAL -- Award-winning public affairs journalist Bill Moyers hosts this weekly series filled with fresh and original voices. Each hour-long broadcast features analysis of current issues and interviews with prominent figures from the worlds of arts and entertainment, religion, science, politics and the media.