Don T Blame The Eater Summary

Agribusiness critics believe large-scale food production poses harm to consumer health and the environment which can be either true or false because growing rapid food production meets the need of the economy, farming methods are questionable to the environment, and obesity levels are a primary concern in today’s society. Author David Zinczenko in his article “Don’t Blame the Eater”, is one critic that shows the truth behind what’s important as we digest consumer goods. As he said in his article it’s not just the eater that is at fault it’s the companies that create the food (Zinczenko, pg. 242). For food industries, they are booming with success, with such low prices in restaurant’s it’s no wonder so many would take such a fattening route. What David Zinczenko is trying to prove is that most middle class people choose to eat fast-food because of convenience in salary. Which isn’t true, spending about ten dollars on burgers and fries for the whole family can amount to the same as getting a celery head and making homemade salad at home. We are …show more content…
For some people the way we farm today isn’t how most people would like to eat their vegetables. For example, the fertilizers and chemical sprays that farmers use over their crops were said to be used in World War II as explosives and other such weapons in the war (Pollan, pg. 898). It is a wide concern on pesticide sprays over farming crops because of the many chemicals being used. Critics believe it may possibly harm the environment and those that eat the products. In the article, “What’s Eating America” by Michael Pollan explains how mass production started and how nitrogen became a huge part of booming growth. Nitrogen is an important part of the environment but too much of it can cause waste and create large quantities of algae, for example, that had happened to French coastlines in the article “What’s Eating America” (Pollan, pg.