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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 04:01 pm

We need to stop flattering nutritionally worthless foodlike substances by calling them “junk food” — and instead make clear that such products are not in fact food of any kind.

That's one of the "money quotes" from this article talking about how to make US agriculture actually sustainable again, while improving the quality of food grown in the US and creating positive incentives for people to eat healthy diets instead of endless noshing on junkfood.

"Nutritionally worthless foodlike substances" ... or, in a more Adamsian bent, "Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike food."

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 11:58 am (UTC)
The history is essentially correct. The analysis of the current situation is also fairly accurate.

I'm not entirely certain of the conclusions - I'll have to digest them. [punintentional].

Far from "drivel" though...
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 12:31 pm (UTC)
There's a few of the conclusions I'm not in complete agreement with myself. But he's on the right track. Our current scheme of subsidized industrial monoculture is insane and unsustainable. Americans are the most obese people on earth because we insist on eating garbage.