The Omnivore's Dilemma
by: Michael Pollan
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A national bestseller that has changed the way readers view the ecology of eating, this revolutionary book by award winner Michael Pollan asks the seemingly simple question: What should we have for dinner? Tracing from source to table each of the food chains that sustain uswhether industrial or organic, alternative or processedhe develops a portrait of the American way of eating. The result is a sweeping, surprising exploration of the hungers that have shaped our evolution, and of the profound implications our food choices have for the health of our species and the future of our planet.
A national bestseller that has changed the way readers view the ecology of eating, this revolutionary book by award winner Michael Pollan asks the seemingly simple question: What should we have for dinner? Tracing from source to table each of the food chains that sustain uswhether industrial or organic, alternative or processedhe develops a portrait of the American way of eating. The result is a sweeping, surprising exploration of the hungers that have shaped our evolution, and of the profound implications our food choices have for the health of our species and the future of our planet.
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- Corn, Grass, & the Government
Corn. Corn. Corn. Corn everywhere.After muddling through the first few chapters, the reader may arrive at thefeeling that this book will focus entirely on corn.Mercifully, the author moves on to other mundane topics, like grass, cattle, and mushrooms.
In between these maintopics, the author, through liberal use of unique phrasing and uncommon words, uses his personal experiences to elucidate how the modern meal arrives at your dinner table, courtesy of governmental regulations ... Read More
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- Breath-taking perspective
Fifty years ago our family farm in Alcester, SD, had row crops, an orchard, cows, chickens, horses, pastures, woods and a cycle of rotation that preserved the land without chemicals. Today it has only corn and soy. There are no animals, no orchard, no pasture. The land is farmed from fence row to fence row with the fields no longer bordered in trees. It has gone from a pastoral to an industrial farm with "inputs" of fertilizer and pesticides and "outputs" that are inputs for other industrial farming ... Read More
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- You'll Question Why You're Eating What You're Eating
What shall we eat? Should we eat chicken once we know how inhumanely chickens are treated on industrial farms? Once you see how animals are killed, slaughtered and eviscerated, do you really want to eat them? If you're hunting for mushrooms, how do you know which ones will agree with you and which ones are poisonous? Should we eat only humanely treated animals off the farm? Should we eat processed foods loaded with chemicals made with corn syrup, corn starch, or glucose and fructoses derived from the ... Read More
Rating: - An eye-opening book
If you are the least bit interested in what you put on your digestive system and live in the US, this book is a must read. I have adopted new behaviors when selecting my food in the supermarket thanks to this book, and I'm a far more informed consumer now.
Rating: - an important book
We get more sensitive about issues concerning life and death as we get older, and the questions relating to how much pain we are willing to cause other sentient beings in order to satiate our appetite is one we wrestle with until we die. This book is one of the most important contributions to the canon of who are we and what should we be doing. I don't think anybody should go to the next world without reading it and pondering the questions it poses. I believe that we avoid thinking about moral issues ... Read More
- Corn, Grass, & the GovernmentCorn. Corn. Corn. Corn everywhere.After muddling through the first few chapters, the reader may arrive at thefeeling that this book will focus entirely on corn.Mercifully, the author moves on to other mundane topics, like grass, cattle, and mushrooms.
In between these maintopics, the author, through liberal use of unique phrasing and uncommon words, uses his personal experiences to elucidate how the modern meal arrives at your dinner table, courtesy of governmental regulations ... Read More
- Breath-taking perspectiveFifty years ago our family farm in Alcester, SD, had row crops, an orchard, cows, chickens, horses, pastures, woods and a cycle of rotation that preserved the land without chemicals. Today it has only corn and soy. There are no animals, no orchard, no pasture. The land is farmed from fence row to fence row with the fields no longer bordered in trees. It has gone from a pastoral to an industrial farm with "inputs" of fertilizer and pesticides and "outputs" that are inputs for other industrial farming ... Read More
- You'll Question Why You're Eating What You're EatingWhat shall we eat? Should we eat chicken once we know how inhumanely chickens are treated on industrial farms? Once you see how animals are killed, slaughtered and eviscerated, do you really want to eat them? If you're hunting for mushrooms, how do you know which ones will agree with you and which ones are poisonous? Should we eat only humanely treated animals off the farm? Should we eat processed foods loaded with chemicals made with corn syrup, corn starch, or glucose and fructoses derived from the ... Read More
- An eye-opening bookIf you are the least bit interested in what you put on your digestive system and live in the US, this book is a must read. I have adopted new behaviors when selecting my food in the supermarket thanks to this book, and I'm a far more informed consumer now.
- an important bookWe get more sensitive about issues concerning life and death as we get older, and the questions relating to how much pain we are willing to cause other sentient beings in order to satiate our appetite is one we wrestle with until we die. This book is one of the most important contributions to the canon of who are we and what should we be doing. I don't think anybody should go to the next world without reading it and pondering the questions it poses. I believe that we avoid thinking about moral issues ... Read More
