Yesterday, Amy Goodman of Democracy Now devoted her program to a discussion on California's Proposition 37, a voter initiative that, if passed on November 6, would mandate the labeling of many foods in the state's grocery stores (restaurants are exempted) if they contained genetically modified ingredients. One of the guests on the program was Michael Pollan, the best-selling author and a journalism professor at UC Berkley. At one point in his interview with Goodman, Pollan lauded Michelle Obama for "elevating the conversation" on food issues. (The First Lady has adopted healthy eating as her main cause.) The debate on genetically modified foods (and the CA labeling initiative) is screaming out to be elevated by someone with prominence. Here's what Pollan, who is in favor of labeling GM foods, said to Goodman on this issue:
Consumers would probably avoid genetically modified food if they were given a choice. Why would they ...
