Tag: John Robbins
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VIDEO: John Robbins interviews Michael Pollan
Click button at bottom right of video to view in fullscreen Michael Pollan is the author of four New York Times bestsellers: Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual (2010); In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto (2008); The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (2006); and The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World (2001). The Omnivore’s Dilemma was named one…
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Can GMOs Help End World Hunger?
Can genetically engineered foods help feed the hungry? Are anti-GMO activists and over-zealous environmentalists standing in the way of the hungry being fed? The hope that GMO foods might bring solutions to malnutrition and world hunger was never more dramatically illustrated than when Time magazine ran a cover story titled “Grains of Hope.” The article…
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Remembering Jack LaLanne
“Jack LaLannetowing 70 rowboats with seventy people on board for a mile and a half across Long Beach Harbor, all while handcuffed and with his feet shackled.” Photo from: User:cargoman02 — Jack LaLanne died on January 23, 2011 at the age of 96. He was a mentor to me, as he was to many. He was…