Michael Pollan

The Documentary Food Inc. examines the current issues with the food industry in American. It shows how we have changed from a need-based form of production and consumption to a want and desire production and consumption base, where the large industry leaders produce as much as possible for as little cost possible. The documentary suggested that the move towards an industrial food system started with McDonalds, and the move that got rid of their waitresses and invented the drive through. This cut…

Every time my family goes to my grandparents house, I’ll always see this little make-shift shack made out of ply-wood and crates and barrels. The crazy thing is that there’s always someone stopped and buying some homegrown authentic farm food. Makes me wonder what’s the difference between that and what we sell in the grocery store. Even these strangers know the difference between authentic and processed. Although book characters aren't the same as vegetables and pumpkins, they do have an obvious…

In the Text, “Why Cook?” by Michael Pollan, a question was never asked, only an answer given: Cook. This statement directly explains what the entire excerpt would be about. The author, Michael Pollan, not only has a background of cooking, but has written many articles about it. Therefore, he is very qualified to speak about the subject of cooking. Pollan chose the audience very directly when he said, “. . . what was the single most important thing we could do as a family”. He was directly…

In the article, “Why Bother” by Michael Pollan, we see him discuss many arguments on why we should do our part in going green. His inspiration to start living green was inspired by Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth. He discusses that many people are aware of the rapid environmental changes, but feel that it is too late to take action. I don’t believe that is true. There are many ways we can contribute to environmental preservation that he explains throughout the article. Some of these was…

important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend,” (Robert Redford). In the article, “Why Bother”, the author, Michael Pollan, discusses the importance of saving the environment and how it will not be easy to achieve. He believes that as a society we need to, “find ways to provide for ourselves without diminishing the world,” (Michael Pollan). Overall, Pollan depicts that by recognizing how bad global warming is and by giving up the way society lives now, there can be an…

Michael Pollan is an author, activist, and professor of journalism at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. In 2010, he was named as one of the top 100 most influential people by Time Magazine. He is also a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine, and has been writing for them since 1987. His many awards are not limited to, John Burroughs prize in 1997, the James Beard Award, and the 2009 President’s Citation Award from the American Institute of Biological Sciences. In 2008, the…

This essay is about breaking the habit of eating processed foods. Mostly people eat processed foods because it is always easier to buy it ready made and heating it up rather than cooking your own meal at home. Michael Pollan has written this essay focusing the causes from following the Western diet and believes that Americans should escape from it. I agree with Pollan’s argument because the Western diet is becoming common in our lifestyles and it might get intense in the coming years. “Western…

In “Why Bother?” Michael Pollan describes how underwhelmed he was by Al Gore’s request at the end of, “An Inconvenient Truth.” Pollan was almost insulted at the fact that all he was being asked to do the after watching the film was to change a light bulb. He feels that after the film “scared the hell” out of him that there is a lot more he could be doing to help avoid climate change. Pollan goes on to argue though that even if he does go trough all the trouble of lowering his carbon emissions,…

“Unhappy Meals” by Michael Pollan answers the questions why is America fat, and what is the solution to this problem. This essay gives detailed examples about who is behind the misleading foods, why America chooses to live like this, and how other countries are staying out of the disastrous ways of American food culture. This article gives new ideas and insight to what Americans need to be doing, or rather not doing, to get back to a healthy state. Pollan uses examples from studies, food labels,…

In Michael Pollans essay “In Defense of Food” he makes a compelling argument about the additional ingredients in modern day food. After seeing how Pollan brought up the issues about the added ingredients in food, I now stand on his side when it comes to my opinion about modern day processed food. Michael Pollan proposes five ideas to keep Americans from purchasing most of the processed food that has been taking over ails of stores now a days. Pollan attempts to focus on the logos and pathos…