David E. Gumpert is coauthor of a memoir about the Holocaust, Inge: A Girl’s Journey Through Nazi Europe. He’s also written extensively about entrepreneurship, the politics of food, and racial upheaval in Chicago.
As financial markets reel from the US financial crisis and tainted Chinese dairy products are sold around the world, we’re learning hard lessons on the limits of globalization.
A plan to implant farm animals with electronic tracking tags gives corporate agriculture a monopoly on the future of food, and it has sparked political backlash in rural America.
As consumers increasingly seek out farmers who raise organic and unpasteurized food, suddenly energized regulators claim they want to “protect” us from pathogens and other dangers. What gives?