Summary Of Omnivore's Dilemma By Michael Pollan

Michael Pollan is a writer and an expert foodie. The Omnivore's Dilemma is the lack of knowledge that humans in our society have towards things such as know whether a plant is poisonous or not. This is due to the transformations of our diets from foraging and hunting our food to going to a supermarket like Foods Co and buying processed foods. Pollan compares humans to rats and how they can eat almost anything because we both have the choice to choose what we want to eat. Pollan’s experiences show how corn dominates the food industry, also the misconceptions that come along with “organic” and the ideals of feedlots.
The way food is consumed and harvested is done in ways that have drastically changed since its origin. Humans’ ability to consume a cornucopia of different foods has humans consuming products that faintly resemble food products found in nature. When someone walks into a grocery store the majority of the products have been …show more content…
These cows are allowed to roam free through pastures feeding freely, now large corporations have found ways to cheat and feed corn to cows on feedlots because it's cheaper rather than allowing them to graze and get fat the natural way. These cattle are put into feedlots gathering a large amount of livestock into pens and just feed them corn constantly getting them fatter. Corn discovered its way into the eating routine of animals that never used to eat lots of it like cattle or any corn whatsoever (67). Companies saved money meaning by using corn instead of finding pastures or buying hay for the cattle. Animals flawlessly adjusted by natural selection to live on grass must be adjusted by us at significant cost to their well-being, the health of the land, and eventually to the health of their eaters to live on corn (68). This absurdity causes the cattle to become sick and get diseases which can be transferred to the