… let it be this one. Michael Pollan lays out the case for a paradigm shift in our production of food. His arguments for the critical need to reestablish local abattoirs deserve particular attention. Meat processing is still all too shielded by our careful ignorance of “how the sausage is made”, but in my book, livestock deserve at least the same respect as those heirloom tomatoes we’ll talk about at the drop of a reusable grocery bag.