At the church Judy and I attend in Atlanta, St. John's Lutheran, time is always set aside during the service for prayers by members of the congregation. There is one woman who can be counted on to pray about something every Sunday. Lately she has been praying for the framers of this year's Farm Bill in Congress. The Farm Bill? In an urban setting like Atlanta, who prays for the Farm Bill? I'm sure the folks at ADM pray for it nightly, but among the usual prayers for the infirm and for the bereaved and for the least of those among us, her prayer for the Farm Bill struck me as a little... odd.
No more. Michael Pollan's recent piece in the NY Times Magazine explains why she prays, and why we should all be praying for someone to pay attention to this vast and extraordinarily arcane piece of legislation. And explains why, with respect to farm... make that food... policy, we do not live in a sane world. For more about this, see Pollan's 2006 masterpiece, The Omnivore's Dilemma, now available at a good price from Amazon.
Bon apetit.
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