If the Obama Administration cares about children having healthy food, why are they letting Blanche Lincoln write the school lunch bill?

Lincoln was the only Democrat to vote against the Senate’s version of the 2002 farm bill, which placed some limits on subsidies to agribusiness. At the time, she was COLLECTING those subsidies.

I noted last night that today is a good time to remember–and support–those food banks that help ensure that families that are struggling can enjoy a Thanksgiving Dinner, too.

It’s also a good time to reflect on how big and scary our food system has become. (Indeed, the industrialization of our food system may contribute to the rising number of Americans who struggle to get enough food.)

We are republishing last Sunday’s post by Jill Richardson on this most American of holiday feasts.