NPR's "On the Media" re food

On the Media, NPR/WHYY, July 19, 2009:

Covering Big Food
Robert Kenner set out to make a documentary about the food industry [Food, Inc. ], thinking he'd hear from both activists and industry insiders. But he quickly realized that the insiders wouldn't talk, farmers who did suffered consequences and, by the way, he needs a lot more lawyers. Kenner says the process was "Orwellian."

How the Sausage Was Made
Kevin Mattson is a historian who's written about the food industry's original scourge, Upton Sinclair. Sinclair is famous for writing The Jungle, a novel that exposed some of the more stomach-turning goings-on in meatpacking factories at the turn of the century. Mattson discusses some of the surprising facets of Sinclair's life, like his mediocre talent as a novelist and his failed run for the governorship of California.