Health
Nutrition
![adobe stock food](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/27d18e26-00bc-4019-8106-bf2fafd32b55/AdobeStock_270367478.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=ab287a&q=80&rect=%2C%2C%2C&w=400)
![adobe stock food](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/27d18e26-00bc-4019-8106-bf2fafd32b55/AdobeStock_270367478.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=%2C%2C%2C&w=400)
Longtime food journalist Mark Bittman says America's food system needs to be reimagined so land is used fairly and well and people have access to food that promotes health, not illness. His latest book, "Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal," tells the story of humankind through the lens of food. The frenzy for food has driven human hist...
![Adobestock 134969333](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/7f5378b8-a2ec-48a5-a55b-d176a608d234/AdobeStock_134969333.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=ac473e&q=80&rect=637%2C0%2C2912%2C2912&w=400)
![Adobestock 134969333](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/7f5378b8-a2ec-48a5-a55b-d176a608d234/AdobeStock_134969333.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=637%2C0%2C2912%2C2912&w=400)
In this pandemic recession, millions of Americans are going hungry, and Black and Hispanic households are hit harder than white ones. Throughout US history, hunger and health have been tied to race and now Covid-19 is affecting low-income, communities of color disproportionately.
![adobe stock](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null423258ea-83ae-40cc-b083-54bff564fb8d/AdobeStock_190949733.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=ac473e&q=80&rect=1672%2C0%2C4017%2C4016&w=400)
![adobe stock](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null423258ea-83ae-40cc-b083-54bff564fb8d/AdobeStock_190949733.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=1672%2C0%2C4017%2C4016&w=400)
David Agus, author of "The Lucky Years," says we’re living in a golden age when the latest science and technology can customize care.
![48153163967 Df6d521c9c O](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null145a77fc-98b1-4de1-b6fd-6a1a992e5438/48153163967_df6d521c9c_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=0a7c51&q=80&rect=874%2C0%2C2350%2C2351&w=400)
![48153163967 Df6d521c9c O](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null145a77fc-98b1-4de1-b6fd-6a1a992e5438/48153163967_df6d521c9c_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=874%2C0%2C2350%2C2351&w=400)
Unpredictable weather is threatening crop production and a swelling population is increasing the demand for food.
![Michael Pollan 2018](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/a49adc64-c889-4824-aaed-2163d2f06b83/_RS16492.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=ab287a&q=80&rect=732%2C0%2C2172%2C2173&w=400)
![Michael Pollan 2018](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/a49adc64-c889-4824-aaed-2163d2f06b83/_RS16492.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=732%2C0%2C2172%2C2173&w=400)
Author Michael Pollan focuses on psychedelic drugs in his latest book.
![Healthy Gut Healthy Body 2016](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/aa53eaf5-96de-4b9c-9d83-a94790246932/27270672013_950caec077_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=4b7780&q=80&rect=252%2C0%2C1082%2C1081&w=400)
![Healthy Gut Healthy Body 2016](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/aa53eaf5-96de-4b9c-9d83-a94790246932/27270672013_950caec077_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=252%2C0%2C1082%2C1081&w=400)
How are diet and lifestyle linked to bacterial communities in the gut?
![Blue Zones 2016](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/783e723f-74dc-428d-a341-a221356f3967/27309931074_b021f1cdda_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&mono=ac473e&q=80&rect=338%2C0%2C2592%2C2592&w=400)
![Blue Zones 2016](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/783e723f-74dc-428d-a341-a221356f3967/27309931074_b021f1cdda_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=338%2C0%2C2592%2C2592&w=400)
How the average American can live another 12 quality years?