"botany of desire" news and stories

Salon.com recently featured a an interview with food politics writer and frequent NYT Magazine contributor Michael Pollan. The discussion focused mainly on Pollan's new book, The Omnivore's Dilemma. Like Pollan's The Botany of Desire, The Omnivore's Dilemma appears to take a few core examples—in this case, four American meals—and discuss them in great detail. Pollan breaks down the the economic and political components of meals from McDonald's and Whole Foods, as well as  organic farms and foraged materials. In the Salon interview, he outlines some of his views on big agriculture and big organic farming, misleading labeling at stores like Whole Foods, and shifting hardwired cravings for fast food.