In this hour, Ira talks with a journalist who covers food and nutrition, and a nutritionist who's also an expert on food politics about the 2007 Farm Bill. The bill passed the House at the end of July, and will be up before the Senate in October. The Farm Bill isn't just the business of farming states; it affects what everyone eats, both in the United States and overseas. We'll also talk about nutrition and how we can be sure that we're eating what's best for us. The freshest, most nutritious food is that which is grown locally, but locally-grown foods can be very hard to find.

We'll also talk to an author and food activist who is practicing what he preaches, living off the grid in rural Tennessee. He has advice for anyone who wants to improve nutrition and eating habits. Call in with your questions and comments at 1-800-989-8255 (3-4 Eastern).

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Guests:
Michael Pollan
Author of the foreword to "Food Fight: The Citizen's Guide to a Food and Farm Bill" (Watershed Media/University of California Press, 2007)
Contributing Writer, The New York Times Magazine
Knight Professor of Journalism, University of California
Berkeley, California

Dr. Marion Nestle
Author, "What to Eat" (North Point Press/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2006)
Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health
New York University
New York, New York

Sandor Ellix Katz
Author, "The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved: Inside America's Underground Food Movements" (Chelsea Green, 2007)
Farmer/Food Activist
Nashville, Tennessee

Books/Articles Discussed:

"Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals," by Michael Pollan. Penguin Press, 2006.

"Food Fight: The Citizen's Guide to a Food and Farm Bill" (Watershed Media/University of California Press, 2007)

"What to Eat" by Marion Nestle. North Point Press/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2006.

"The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved: Inside America's Underground Food Movements" by Sandor Ellix Katz. Chelsea Green, 2007.

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This segment produced by Ann Marie Cunningham