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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
by Michael Pollan
I did it! I finished this super dense, sometimes boring, but more often very enlightening book.
And, as with perhaps too much of my reading lately, it has totally done a number on me. In essence, Pollan's book has 3 sections: Corn, Grass, and Forest.
Corn is a total dissection of the industrial food chain. He follows a meal from the corn it started with (and the history of corn to boot) through the CAFO-bound steer to the McDonald's McNugget it became. Disturbing.
Grass details Pollan's experience working at Polyface Farm--a totally grass-based operation, where the animals all work together in a symbiotic relationship. Super interesting.
Finally, Forest is Pollan's creation of a totally foraged meal. He does both hunting and gathering in order to put this meal on the table. Also fascinating, although this is his most philosophical section as he wrestles through the implications & effects of hunting, as well as the moral/ethical questions of whether meat-eating is ever OK.
I have been at this book for quite a long time. I'm glad I stuck with it, but I'm not sure my husband feels the same....
And, as with perhaps too much of my reading lately, it has totally done a number on me. In essence, Pollan's book has 3 sections: Corn, Grass, and Forest.
Corn is a total dissection of the industrial food chain. He follows a meal from the corn it started with (and the history of corn to boot) through the CAFO-bound steer to the McDonald's McNugget it became. Disturbing.
Grass details Pollan's experience working at Polyface Farm--a totally grass-based operation, where the animals all work together in a symbiotic relationship. Super interesting.
Finally, Forest is Pollan's creation of a totally foraged meal. He does both hunting and gathering in order to put this meal on the table. Also fascinating, although this is his most philosophical section as he wrestles through the implications & effects of hunting, as well as the moral/ethical questions of whether meat-eating is ever OK.
I have been at this book for quite a long time. I'm glad I stuck with it, but I'm not sure my husband feels the same....