Tamar Haspel should be followed by anyone interested in food policy. Here she offers good criticism of a Paul Greenberg op-ed in the Times.
I do want to comment on Greenberg's idea that specialty crops should return to the Midwest from the South and the coast. The problem I see is that the South and coasts (and Central and South America) have natural advantages for growing fruits and vegetables--specifically their growing seasons are longer and/or opposite to the season in the central U.S. Transportation, specifically the interstate highway system and air, has obliterated the advantages of growing locally.
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