Food focused author and journalist Michael Pollan is known for his simple approach to nutrition ("Eat Food. Mostly Plants. Not too Much.") in books including The Omnivore's Dilemma, Food Rules and In Defense of Food, but his pared down approach doesn't end there. In a new video released by the educational initiative campaign, Nourish, Pollan reflects on the value of voting with our dollars, and voting with votes, offering an appealing approach to making changes to America's Farm Bill through the political process.

In a surprising move, three well known organic brands gave a supportive nod to what they're calling "the conditional deregulation" of genetically modified (GM) alfalfa. The nation's first certified organic retail chain, Whole Foods—who has a storewide policy banning the sale of GM foods—along with the largest organic yogurt brand, Stonyfield Yogurt, and Organic Valley, the largest co-op of organic meat, egg and dairy farmers issued their formal support in lifting restrictions on growing GM alfalfa.