Michael Pollan connects the dots between government policy, public health, and the cost and availability of fresh, wholesome foods. Due to current government subsidies that make the least healthy foods the cheapest, we will have to pay more to eat well. That could all change with a federal universal health care system.

View part one, part two and part three of this four part video series.

This video is in thanks to Ecotrust's partnership with a local film company that produces Cooking Up A Story, a show about real people and their special connections to food and sustainable living. Cooking Up A Story’s work is shot unscripted, and the stories are told in the voice of the subject.