What Should We Eat For Dinner By Michael Pollan

The topic of food in the world today is a very difficult and delicate problem. There is currently an imbalance between people who do not have food, people who do not get food on a regular basis, and those who have a copious amount of food and food waste. No matter where a person falls into those categories, everyone faces the same problem, “What should I eat for dinner?” It is important to note that this problem exists for all living organisms as they have to eat. However, it is more complex in human life due to omnivores’ superiority when it comes to gathering, growing, and killing food. Author Michael Pollan explores how the technology advances, such as weapons, fertilizers, and irrigation; have changed the quality of human and the surrounding ecosystem life for better and for worse. He explores the sizable role that corn plays in a person’s everyday live about what to eat whether they know it or not. For …show more content…
In order to do so, the companies also have to find the easiest and cheapest way to store a lot of meat on a piece of property. This has led to the rise of feedlots. Feedlots usually employ questionable methods when it comes to the care of the animals. Usually, females animals are kept in one part of the lot and are constantly impregnated until they cannot conceive anymore. The babies and mother are immediately separated from each other in order to prevent bonding. Then, the offspring fattened up over a few weeks with some of the corn and products to increase their muscle mass. Also, in order to make sure that the animals do not get sick, they are feed a multitude of medicines which ultimately ends up in the food people eat. After pumping a bunch of medicine into an animal or one’s body, the bacteria and viruses end up developing resistance to the medication meaning more medication has to be developed for the diseases to become resistant