Over the last decade the politics of food has become, well, increasingly political. From Fast Food Nation to Whole Food Nation a lot has changed. So what should we eat, especially on a limited budget? If we can’t shop at Whole Foods (some call it Whole Paycheck) can we still eat well? And what about the rest of the world? Food is connected not only to our own wellbeing (we are what we eat) but also to the fate of nations. Bio-fuels, GM crops, food miles and global warming, and the growing gap between the global south and north have have all contributed to a sense that what we eat and how we grow our food has an impact far beyond our own backyard.

If it is true that we’ve become more aware of what we eat and where it comes from, what difference does it make?

On GRITtv Arun Gupta, a former chef, and a writer and editor at the Indypendent, Marion Nestle the author of What to Eat, and Peter Hoffman, chef and owner of Savoy and Back Forty in New York City sit down at the GRITtv table to discuss the politics of food, why what we eat matters, and how community gardens are changing the urban landscape.

Then . . . not so long ago, in a supermarket not so far away... an intergalactic parody of the Organic Rebellion…Grocery Store Wars.

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