Pollan:

Summary:  Pollan writes a letter to the president about food.  He talks about how food should not be all about profit but should focus on being healthy for the people of the united states.  He address several ways to make the food industry better in the US. One way talked about is growing food more organically. The letter says that the industry now wants to produce masses of food at the cheapest cost possible, and this should be a concern.

Synthesis:  This letter can be synthesized with Glenn because both authors talk about how to farm animals better. They are both looking at the same discourse community.  It can relate to porter because it is looking at discourse community, and the language used within a community.  It could relate to Allen because it was eye opening to think about how the food industry really holds so much power over people.

Response	Quotation
I picked this because I had never thought of this as something that was weak.  I just thought this was interesting to view the idea of terrorist attacking something as simple as the food supply.	" I for the life of me can not understand why the terrorist have not attacked our food supply because it is so easy to do."
I think this is still true, I think more people today would rather have high quality food that is healthy and pay more than have processed food that is cheap	" The american people are paying more attention to food today than they have in decades, not worrying about its price but its safety its provenance and its healthfulness."
first of all i did not realize food was produced using fossil fuels. and I agree that food should go back to be grown on a farm naturally, It may take longer but at this rate we will run out of fossil fuels.	"For today agriculture to wean itself from fossil fuels and make optimal use of sunlight, crop plants and animals must once again be married on the farm."
This could be hard to manage in our world today because so many people have full time jobs and the pace of life is so much quicker that no one would have time to raise a farm.	"To grow sufficient abouts of food using sunlight will require more people growing food -millions more."
I know in the schools in my home town they really are tying to make food healthier for children and educate them where food comes from. but I think this quote takes it one step further by teaching the kids to garden. and cook.	"To change our childrens food culture, we'll need to plant gardens in every primary school, build fully equipped kitchens, train a new generation of lunch room ladies who can once again cook and teach our children how to cook."

Overall I thought this was interesting to read. I learned a lot about the food/ farming discourse community and think i will pay more attention to where my food is coming from. I also liked that this was in a letter because it made it interesting to read.