I don’t always agree with Michael Pollan - however I do love how much thought he puts in to what he - and we - eat.  I also don’t always agree with TED but I love how much thought it puts into me. My team at work played this video yesterday - I missed the presentation.  I was very excited to see it and glad to share it with you now.  This is 17 minutes long and is something that may make you say “hmmmm.”  One day I will make it to TED to watch - and one day I may make it to speak - to have a dream is to have a path!I love the warfare power of the lima bean and the thought that the importance of self may be equal to that of the world around us.  For those of you new to the corn debate you will briefly be introduced into a small revolt brewing which is part of an ever-growing divide between modern industrial farming and a “new” old fashioned approach to agriculture.  More on all this on a later day.Enjoy these thoughts on food from a different perspective - perhaps this is something that goes beyond merely what we eat and is insight into who and what we are.

Michael Pollan gives us examples of how viewing the world as if we were plants and other species, through their "eyes", could help us appreciate their roles in it all and rid us of this all self-importance notion of ourselves for the greater good of the world. Neat point of view and some great examples of how to really farm organically.

What if human consciousness isn't the end-all and be-all of Darwinism? What if we are all just pawns in corn's clever strategy game to rule the Earth? Author Michael Pollan asks us to see the world from a plant's-eye view.

Michael Pollan is the author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, in which he explains how our food not only affects our health but has far-reaching political, economic, and environmental implications. His new book is In Defense of Food.