The Panic for Organic

The Panic for Organic

Constant Wonder - Season 2022, Episode 1037 , Segment 2

How the US Used Supermarkets as Propaganda Tools During the Cold War

Episode: How the US Used Supermarkets as Propaganda Tools During the Cold War

  • Jun 8, 2021 6:00 pm
  • 19:14 mins

Organic products might be causing more problems than they’re solving. This Harvard researcher argues that though Big Ag often gets a bad name, our industrial food industry produces more food more sustainably than smaller farms could, and we have a more varied, healthier diet for it. Guest: Robert Paarlberg, Associate in the Sustainability Science Program at the Harvard Kennedy School and at Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard, and author of "Resetting the Table: Straight Talk About the Food We Grow and Eat"