Michael Pollan's website. A whole mess of helpful articles
http://michaelpollan.com/
Jonathan Safron Foer talks about his relationship with meat and his choice to raise his kids vegetarian.http://www.nytimes.com/2009/
Talks about some choices one can make to be more conscious about where food is produced.
http://www.farmforward.com/
Shows the consumer how to be more sustainable. http://www.sustainabletable.
I especially like the Jonathan Safron Foer article. I wish to find a way into storytelling combined with the research. I just don't want people to lose interest. I was talking to my friend James the other day and he actually has taken a class on food production. He will be an invaluable resource. Already he has suggested the work of Peter Singer. He's an animal rights activist and Pollan actually got a lot of his information from Singer's research. I went to half price books yesterday to try and find some of his work. But, it was to no avail. It's a university press so I could probably find it at the U bookstore. I'll make that adventure next week if I still can't find it. I could just get it from the library. BUT I love desecrating my books with various notes.
Here are some links to info. about Peter Singer and his work.
http://www.princeton.edu/~psinger/
This one has some excerpts from his book Animal Liberation.
http://www.ivu.org/people/writers/psinger.html
While I do want to point out what is wrong with the food industry I also want to give possible solutions. Find a way to make things a little bit better. I want my research to make people want to change the way they eat. Even if it's only a little bit. That means that my research needs to be scientific and interesting at the same time. Eeeep! I was thinking that maybe if I connect some of my own experiences and friend's experiences to the research it may be easier to connect to.
Have you read any of Temple Grandin's work? She designs animal slaughterhouses that are more humane (less cruel?) than old models and has developed techniques for the handling of cattle that eliminate the need for cattle prods. Grandin is a brilliant woman who also happens to be autistic--she's the focus of Oliver Sachs' essay, "An Anthropologist on Mars."
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