The American Dream Diet
"If you were to create a MyPlate meal that matched where the government historically aimed its subsidies, you’d get a lecture from your doctor. More than three-quarters of your plate would be taken up by a massive corn fritter (80 percent of benefits go to corn, grains and soy oil). You’d have a Dixie cup of milk (dairy gets 3 percent), a hamburger the size of a half dollar (livestock: 2 percent), two peas (fruits and vegetables: 0.45 percent) and an after-dinner cigarette (tobacco: 2 percent). Oh, and a really big linen napkin (cotton: 13 percent) to dab your lips."
In fall 2011, in an act of what can be described only as hubris, I had the bright idea of teaching a course on the farm bill.For nearly 25 years, I had been writing and teaching about food politics and policy at New York University, and I knew that the farm bill dictated not only agricultural policy, but also such things as international food aid and feeding the hungry in America. It had to be one of the most important laws affecting food systems…
O For Orson
“The right reading for this is the one I’m giving.” Orson Welles.
So then, right readings every day await you in this Podcast filled to the brim with the radio works of Orson Welles.  Point your podcatcher of choice at  http://tomwsmf.com/podcasts/orson.rss and enjoy.
Much thanks again got to +Dan HÂ for egging me on, picking a name and making the image…which I then altered to add our little friend.
The Hot-Buttered Podcast
Like old Hollywood movies? So did radio listeners back in the twentieth century. A number of show presented the works of the big screen on the small speaker. Here then is a podcast that will deliver to you radio productions from the works of the silver screen on that day in history. Point your podcatcher of choice to http://tomwsmf.com/podcasts/hbp.rss
WSMF Broadcast Day Podcast