From Marion Nestle's remarkable blog Food Politics, three articles not to miss out on this weekend: "Three exceptionally thoughtful and interesting pieces by people who have been writing about food and food systems for a long time"....

Jane Ziegelman in the New York Times: America’s Obsession With Cheap Meat

Eric Schlosser in The Atlantic:  America’s Slaughterhouses Aren’t Just Killing Animals

Michael Pollan  in the New York Review of Books: The Sickness in Our Food Supply