Michael Pollan gets intense talking at Pop!Tech 09 via Flickr

Almost every time we post something on the meat debate we get a slew of emotional comments from readers that sit on either side.

Michael Pollan's first food rule is simple: Eat Food, which he considers to be a different thing than what he calls edible foodlike substances, or "highly processed concoctions designed by food scientists, consisting mostly of ingredients derived from corn and soy that no normal person keeps in the pantry, and contain chemical additives with which the human body has not been long acquainted."

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The first Freakonomics book was a lot of fun; the second less so, as it sort of devolved into "if the scientific consensus and/or coast-hugging liberal elite are for it, we are against it" type of thing. Hence Freakonomics Watch; or perhaps it should be called James McWilliams Watch, since he appears to be the contributor to their blog with the most attitude about anything green.

Saul's grassfed pastrami sandwich (left) vs. regular deli pastrami (right) Photo: foodhoe.com

Saul's is part of only a handful of delis refashioning themselves as sustainably sourced eateries.

We usually start with "A Picture is Worth", but in this case the thousand words are much more powerful.

Photo via Oprah.com

Oprah treated her audience to an in-depth look at sustainable, cruelty-free eating with a show that included appearances from Michael Pollan and Alicia Silverstone.

The Mandometer was originally developed to treat eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia nervosa; it was developed to "teach patients how to eat and recognize hunger and satiety." There are clinics using the technology in Sweden, the USA and Australia.

Then a team at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children asked to try it out as an obesity treatment, to to teach fat children how to e