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stuhlsem's review
4.0
This book took me SO LONG TO READ. This is surprising, because the entire time I thought it was interesting and absorbing.
The book is divided into 13 chapters in 3 sections, supposedly accompanying the movie. Since I didn't see the movie, I missed out on that connection, but I do think food is interesting, so there.
The most interesting parts (for me) were the sections on food and global warming, food and genetic engineering, and food and the workers. They made me feel, respectively, scared, confused, and inspired to quit my job and move to the South to agitate for immigrants. I skipped entirely the section on kids' nutrition. While I do agree that school nutrition definitely needs improvement, in some cases I definitely thought the priorities and possibly the statistics of the writer were a bit off.
The book is divided into 13 chapters in 3 sections, supposedly accompanying the movie. Since I didn't see the movie, I missed out on that connection, but I do think food is interesting, so there.
The most interesting parts (for me) were the sections on food and global warming, food and genetic engineering, and food and the workers. They made me feel, respectively, scared, confused, and inspired to quit my job and move to the South to agitate for immigrants. I skipped entirely the section on kids' nutrition. While I do agree that school nutrition definitely needs improvement, in some cases I definitely thought the priorities and possibly the statistics of the writer were a bit off.
cbreid95's review
5.0
Excellent. Truly eye opening to the quality of food Americans consume, the type of media used to get our attention, and the absolute power the fast food industry, large agriculture and farming industries have over the people who toil in the fields and do the dirty work. Highly recommend to any of my socially conscious friends. Check out the documentary on Netflix- for similarly thought-provoking reads surrounding diet, consumerism, and other topics, check out Fast Food Nation and The Omnivores Dilemma
valskud's review
5.0
I loved the documentary and this is a good follow up. It's nicely organized and you can jump around and not read it sequentially (which is what I did). An excellent read if you are at all concerned about where your food comes from and interested what changes you can make in order to create a sustainable diet.
Oh, it's also a good follow up to Fast Food Nation if you have read that book.
Oh, it's also a good follow up to Fast Food Nation if you have read that book.
jakobmarleymommy's review
4.0
Definitely made me think about what I eat, where it comes from, and why I eat.
amymaddess's review
2.0
I feel like this would have been more inspiring if I would have read it years ago, or if there were a new edition with updated statistics. It was good, it's just a lot of it is common knowledge so it didn't seem as mindblowing as it would have when it was first released.
bookwormjimmy's review
4.0
For those of you that are at least aware of the food industry and the truth behind how our food is processed, there really shouldn't be too much of a surprise here. However, it is nice to get an in-depth look at some of the views presented by the essayists here. If you're one of the people that has no idea why corn is pretty much the #1 commodity in the food industry, then prepare to be challenged.