Episode 425: In Defense of Food

We're talking to food activist Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food about the intersection between sustainable foods, and our real life pocketbooks. Jane and Michael Stern have been researching the green chile cheeseburger in New Mexico and we look at the origins of the American potato chip with Dirk Burhans author of Crunch, A History of the Great American Potato Chip.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

• July 18, 2009 (originally aired)

• July 3, 2010 (rebroadcast)