i really am not a fan of exclamation marks either

but on a more exciting note, has anyone besides me been following the michael pollan/john mackey discussion taking place on the whole foods website? (www.wholefoods.com/blogs/jm/archives/2006/05/an_open_letter.html) if not, anyone that cares about agriculture in the united states and elsewhere should surely take note. for those not directly in the know, michael pollan is a wonderful author who wrote "the omnivores dilemma" (as well as the botany of desire) which chronicles the state of organic farming, monoculture industrial farming, hunting and gathering, and everything in between. (you would not believe how much of what we eat is a corn byproduct) he addresses whole foods in his book and suggests that whole foods might be part of the problem and not the solution. john mackey has obviously not taken well to any such reference and writes pollan an open letter on his website, that pollan responds to. the fact that whole foods engages in this discussion without ego, but instead as a concerned ceo is something i find remarkable. whole foods really has a chance to influence many people and the way they eat. unfortunately, i believe that americans, and perhaps people in other richer countries have lost the concept of seasonal eating. we have been led to believe it is possible to procure anything we want whenever we want it. without sounding to alarmist, one should really inform themselves about what we are putting into our bodies, and encourage those in charge of growing said items to be held accountable for the quality of them.

ps, i thought ellen did a really good job at the oscars from what i saw?