Michael Pollan has what must be the biggest platform of any food writer in the country. He earned it, making his name through the rigorous investigation historical and contemporary food politics, and tapping into growing national concerns about what food is made of and how we obtain it. The mainstreaming of food politics and Michael Pollan’s celebrity status are intertwined: collectively, , , and the documentary . (for which he was a consultant) have profoundly shifted conversations about food in the country, bringing the discourse of food politics out of the province of counter-cultural activists and conspiracy theorists so that even the average overworked American might be equipped look at food labels in a more critical light.