In an article today in the Los Angeles Times, it’s been highlighted that Michael Pollan is encoutering some serious pressure from agribusiness about his speaking tour, most recently at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The university was basically forced to convert the solo speaking arrangement into a panel discussion because of threats from CA agribusiness companies threatening to pull monetary donations from the school. Really? This is what it’s come to?
Now, you all know that I am not the biggest fan of MP (and I say this every time I write about him), but I think that the guy’s message still needs to be heard, and censoring him in his speaking tours is not the way to go. I understand that it is a sensitive issue, and films such as Food, Inc, have brought to light the amount of sensitivity that exists, all the way up through Washington. However, I think that there needs to a bit more “holding hands across the water” and on both sides. MP needs to work with agribusiness to get the changes done, and the big agri-giants need to work like this giant and be a little friendlier to the guys who want to make some meaningful changes in the industry.
MP is not a monster, so don’t treat him like one. Even Ahmadinejad gets to speak at the UN without censorship.
He's a nice guy, see?
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