PC food causes writer to wax lyrical

“For a full sense of how elitist much of today’s food activism is, consider Pollan’s argument that shopping at Whole Foods is a ‘literary experience.’ Much of the food, he observes, is

“’certified organic’ or ‘humanely raised’ or ‘free range.’ But right there, that’s the point: It’s the evocative prose as much as anything else that makes this food really special, elevating an egg or chicken breast or bag of arugula from the realm of ordinary protein and carbohydrates into a much headier experience, one with complex aesthetic, emotional, and even political dimensions.”

http://www.hoover.org/publications/defining-ideas/article/144876

(How about, Does the food taste good? And, Do you get necessary vitamins and stuff?

(On Current TV’s “Marijuana Outlaws” the other night, one of the growers explained his farming method, including the use of what he called a “growth hormone.” Wait a minute!! Growth hormone? You mean the dope is not organic?)