Michael Pollan Article

Michael Pollan examines the rise of MRSA (antibiotic resistant staph infections) and bee colony collapse disorder as two indications that our food system is inherently unsustainable.

Interesting facts/quotes from the article. . .
(1) 70% of all antibiotics used in the US are fed to animals on factory farms;
(2) More people die of MRSA infections (19,000 in 2005) in the US than die of AIDs;
(3) "Recent studies in Europe and Canada found that confinement pig operations have become reservoirs of MRSA. A European study found that 60 percent of pig farms that routinely used antibiotics had MRSA-positive pigs (compared with 5 percent of farms that did not feed pigs antibiotics)."

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/magazine/16wwln-lede-t.html?ex=1198472400&en=a942aa8a9e5a30be&ei=5070&emc=eta1