The CMO s role and DoH need complete overhauls. If DoH is mostly concerned with healthcare, we need a new Public Health Agency to intervene for health. Finally, a national debate must tussle over what Phillips called philosophy . We can either continue with intensive food and farming or, as the Swedes and others are doing, invest in better systems which are built on public and environmental health. Currently, we judge food by its cheapness.
Cheap food is actually expensive.