Selma Jensen picks me up from the train station in a white two-door Fiat. She's just come from the apartment she shares with roommates in the city of Copenhagen, Denmark. Her blond hair blows in the wind, and her lacy black shirt reveals a couple of tattoos. At 28 years old, Jensen is a skilled farmer with a degree in agriculture. But she's pursuing a concept they didn't teach in school.
Read More“Eat your broccoli. It’s good for you.”
Has this been said to you? Perhaps you were scrunching up your face in disgust as your parent or caretaker used the health angle to get you to eat something green already. Appealing to a person’s desire to be healthy isn’t just a tactic employed at the home dining table; it’s used by food companies and media all the time.
But first, a history lesson.
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