Supermarket Secrets

By Maegan Clark

October 3, 2019

Last Updated: November 16, 2010

by the Worldlink Staff

As many of us take to the supermarket aisles for Thanksgiving shopping, how can we best feed our families in ways that are both delicious and wholesome? In this clip from the Nourish Video Encyclopedia, journalist Michael Pollan provides some strategies for navigating the grocery store to find fresh and healthy foods.

Watch Michael Pollan in the award-winning special Nourish: Food + Community, now airing on PBS stations nationwide. Find a PBS broadcast in your area.


Michael Pollan is the author of In Defense of Food, Food Rules, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, and other best-selling books. Pollan currently serves as the Knight Professor of Science and Environmental Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.

Nourish is a national educational initiative designed to open a meaningful conversation about food and sustainability, particularly among young people and families. With a distinctly positive vision, Nourish celebrates both food and community. Learn more and download the new Nourish school curriculum at www.nourishlife.org.

Stay tuned for more selections from the Nourish Video Encyclopedia, a collection of short films that explore the story of our food.

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Nourish is a program of WorldLink, a non-profit organization dedicated to education for sustainability. Heifer International is a sponsor of the Nourish initiative.