Replay of our interview with Dr. Marion Nestle about the quality and politics of food

Summary: Our current very inadequate food safety system is described; How grocery stores are engineered to make you buy more food than you need; Soft drink companies seduce schools to sell sweet drinks to children all day long in schools; Food economics 101: Natural forces of capitalism motivate food producers and sellers to sell us as much cheap food as possible; Corn subsidies resulted in the use of high fructose corn syrup as the cheapest sweetener used in food and drinks; The issue of preferring to buy locally-grown foods and the convenience of imported fruits and vegetables is discussed; Milk politics: The issues of overproduction and the use of cow growth hormone is examined; The politics behind the USDA and the Food Pyramid; Basic dietary advice: Eat less, more fruits and vegetables and don't eat junk food!