Thanks to farm subsidies, the fine collaboration between agribusiness and Congress, soy, corn and cattle became king. And chicken soon joined them on the throne. It was during this period that the cycle of dietary and planetary destruction began, the thing we're only realizing just now.

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Bittman appeared with Gwyneth Paltrow and Mario Batali in a PBS series called Spain. Bittman has appeared on NBC's The Today Show and NPR's All Things Considered and appeared as a guest judge on the Food Network competition series Chopped.

He is a columnist for The New York Times. 1950) is an American food journalist and author. Mark Bittman (born c.