In The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan does for corn what Rachel Carson did for DDT in Silent Spring ; that is to say, he totally demonizes it. After you read this book, the words "corn-fed" will sound more like a barnyard epithet than an evocation of rustic wholesomeness.
Many in the green community now consider Monsanto a four-letter word. But a decade ago when the company first debuted genetically modified crops, the innovation was embraced as a possible environmental panacea—one that could dramatically reduce the amount of chemicals needed to grow healthy crops and provide nutrition for poor and drought-ridden populations. On the tenth anniversary of this fast-growing biotech sector, the battle over its environmental impacts rages on.
Interests: Living life as an intiatic experience, uniting with like minds and hearts to build a better, cleaner, more peaceful world, listening to the wisdom of the inner voice, communing with the elemental forces of Nature, the arts, media and communications, personal growth and development, the natural healing arts, interesting cuisines, cinema, all that expands the consciousness, betters the Self, and links me with THAT from Which I come.
Inspiration: Whitman, Thoreau, the Tao, deep meditation, spiritually anointed words carried on the human voice and the Cosmic Winds, being with those of like mind and calling.