Le Billon Karen Bakker
Dissent. 2012;59(2):33-8. doi: 10.1353/dss.2012.0041.
Even if you weren't aware of the rising intensity of debates over food politics in recent years, the face-off between Sarah Palin and Michelle Obama probably caught your attention. One of Michelle Obama's most high profile acts as First Lady was to plant an organic food garden on the White House lawn—ironically later found to be contaminated by sewage-sludge-based fertilizer, rendering the lovingly grown vegetables off limits. The launch of the Obama Foodorama (the First Lady's foodie blog) and "Let's Move" (Obama's cause célèbre child anti-obesity campaign) soon followed. Palin's subsequent attacks on Obama's "interference" in personal food choices culminated in her visit to a Pennsylvania primary school, where Palin publicly proffered cookies to schoolchildren, in a presumed attempt to warn them of nanny state "food police."
即使你没有意识到近年来围绕食品政治的辩论愈演愈烈，萨拉·佩林和米歇尔·奥巴马之间的对峙可能也引起了你的注意。米歇尔·奥巴马作为第一夫人最引人注目的举动之一，就是在白宫草坪上种植有机菜园——具有讽刺意味的是，后来发现该菜园被含有污水污泥的肥料污染，使得悉心种植的蔬菜无法食用。随后，奥巴马美食大观（第一夫人的美食博客）和“动起来”（奥巴马著名的儿童反肥胖运动）相继推出。佩林随后抨击奥巴马“干涉”个人饮食选择，这在她访问宾夕法尼亚州一所小学时达到高潮，当时佩林当众给学童们提供饼干，想必是试图警告他们警惕保姆式国家的“食品警察”。
