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The Presidential Primaries: Who Actually Has a Food Policy?

Posted by Ed Levine, January 7, 2008 at 8:15 AM

I'm as much of a political junkie as I am a food junkie, so for the last week I've been glued to both the television and computer screens, soaking up punditry on the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary tomorrow.

With all the newspaper headlines about food safety and food politics it is interesting to note, as Food Democracy blogger Annie Richardson did here, who, if any, of the candidates actually has an articulated food policy.

According to Richardson, it turns out that, of all the major candidates running, only John Edwards does. Edwards says all the right things (Is Michael Pollan an Edwards adviser? That's what it sounds like.)

Could this be so? You would think that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton would weigh in on this important topic. Actually, you would think that every viable candidate in both parties would have something to say about our food supply and food politics. Maybe they have, and Richardson and I have just missed it. The safety, sustainability, and deliciousness of our food supply matters to every American.

On a lighter note, wine blogger Dr. Vino gives a wine-lover's guide to the presidential primaries. No big surprises here.

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