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TIME releases Top 100 Most Influential People
A few people involved in agriculture are among TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential People of 2010. The list includes controversial film producer Michael Pollan, who vilifies modern farming methods in his documentary “Food, Inc.” TIME cites Pollan’s consideration of “the ethical bonds that connect our bodies, farms and food.”
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson was included on the list according to TIME for her “defense of citizen’s rights to fresh air, clean water, and a stable climate.” She has been involved with the EPA for 16 years and was appointed to EPA Administrator by President Obama in 2009.
USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan is recognized for promoting community gardens and local food, while also supporting conventional farming and biotechnology.
Temple Grandin, autistic since birth, makes TIME’s list for her work in developing handling systems that reduce livestock stress. TIME acknowledges that Grandin’s condition led her in the development of these designs.
Will Allen maintains a two-acre urban farm in the middle of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, raising plants, vegetables, small animals, and bees to give everybody access to – in Allen’s words – healthy, affordable food.
No one from production agriculture made the cut.
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