February 8th, 2010 by Lee Bradshaw

In this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what’s wrong with the way we eat now (too much meat, too few plants; too much fast food, too little home cooking), and why it’s putting the entire planet at risk.

This is a very good talk. We all need to think about where our food is coming from and what nutrients are really in them. We also need to think about how hard it is to get REAL nutritious food even if money isn’t an issue, and how we are going to help our fellow human beings get the good stuff. I do not believe it is the governments job to provide another program. I do believe that we are supposed to be our brothers keeper.

If you’ve ever seen a bucket of live crabs it is a very interesting sight. Just as one has almost made his escape all the other crabs pull him back in. As I see things our only choice in this life is to work together. We need to help each other out of this puzzle and cheer for our fellow man, as if he has caught the last second touch down pass,  when he is making his escape from the status qoe. Now I know I am going to take some flack from my friends in the corporate world for this. I was as competitive as they come, but this is my passion now. I have seen the errors of my selfish thinking. I hope that it isn’t to late. We all need to learn to work together!  Now if you watch this video and read the coments you might see some who discredit this talk because Mr. Bittman isn’t VEGAN enough. I’m not a vegan either but Mark’s points are very good ones. I also believe in an individuals agency to make up his or her own mind.  We all need to stop acting like a bunch of crabs in a bucket.