With “A Food Manifesto for the Future,” Mark Bittman has made his first appearance on the Op-Ed page of the New York Times. In his “Manifesto,” Bittman has laid out an ambitious set of guidelines for our country to follow to promote healthy eating as well sustainable farming. Some of it seems perhaps a bit too ambitious, but kudos to him for speaking up. If enough people hear it enough times, then just maybe there will be progress. 

I was especially taken with the following: “Encourage and subsidize home cooking. (Someday soon, I’ll write about my idea for a new Civilian Cooking Corps.) When people cook their own food, they make better choices.” 

A Civilian Cooking Corps! I love it. 

I’ll certainly miss the Minimalist columns, but I look forward to reading more of what Bittman has to say on the Op-Ed page.