Michael Pollan

So far in sections one and two of Micheal Pollan, The Omnivores Dilemma, it seems as is all food chains have negative effects on us, the enviorment, as well as the animals we get it from. However that is not true. In this section, Micheal Pollan argues that the food chain called Local Sustainable is the best food chain there is for everyone and everything, they do not use chemical fertilizers or chemical pesticde which is harmful to everyone, they don’t pollute they enviorment because they…

of all cases of heart disease, strokes and Type 2 diabetes could be prevented if people ate healthier and were more physically active. In the article “Unhappy Meals” by Michael Pollan, the author tries to give advice on how to prevent such illnesses. He argues, how if everyone would “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” (Pollan 1) they can easily reach their goal of becoming healthy. He explains this “rule of thumb” by stating that most of the things we consume today are composed of man-made…

In the book, The Botany of Desire, the author Michael Pollan describes the relationship between human and potatoes. After discussing the history of potatoes and the famine in Ireland, he relatively focused on the genetic engineering of the potatoes. The famous seed industry, Monsanto, have change the genes of potatoes by adding some genes of Bacillus Turingiensis(Bt) into the potato to make anti-biotic potatoes. One interesting thing is that Monsanto has the patent of new plants, and if farmers…

interaction with plants and agriculture. Throughout his writing and especially early on, Pollan often uses the word ‘coevolution’ in response to the human interaction with certain staple plants that have a long detailed history with humans. This ‘coevolution’ idea roughly refers to the idea that the evolution of human culture is deeply tied the evolution of our interactions with plants, and at a certain point Pollan refers to one of Charles Darwin’s ideas that the advancements of human…

In Michael Pollan’s “An Animal’s Place” Pollan provides an argument on whether or not Americans should consume animals, and specifically, if the fashion in which animals are farmed and slaughtered respects their capacity to suffer. Pollan illustrates his personal dilemma particularly when he ironically points his debate on whether or not to eat meat began while he was dining at a steakhouse. To develop his argument, Pollan initially exclusively uses the citation of animal rights activists, but…

In “The American Paradox” by Michael Pollan, Pollan states that there is something wrong with how Americans think about eating today. He claims that Americans are more focused on listening to confusing and contradictory dietary advice about healthy eating from nutritionists, food marketers and journalists that we are neglecting the food from our culture(s). I agree with Pollan’s claims because cultural eating is healthier than following the advice of experts. I also agree on his claims that…

In the article, Why Bother, by Michael Pollan, expresses why people do not bother to transmute their habits that ultimately affect climate change. This article, after he was initial, in his words, “scared to hell”, by Al Gore's documentary. The documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, which is based on survival, on earth, which is jeopardised by climate change. It is hard for us to consider his suggestions because we tell ourselves that we will not make a difference. What one individual can do to…

Global warming, the carbon footprint, the greenhouse effect, whatever you wish to call it climate change is an issue that not only affects us but every living organism on this planet. In American author, Michael Pollan’s essay “Why bother?” he presents the issue of climate change and the very reason why it is still a problem after so many years, because of people who believe “why bother.” “Why bother” refers to the mental reality of believing that one individual can’t make any form of difference…

animal right activists believe that animals should be given more rights as creatures which can’t protect themselves. The arguments which the author brought to our attention were about how to treat the animals. In the beginning of his essay Michael Pollan provides examples with pigs/meat and dogs which get Christmas gifts. He questions here the difference in our attitude to animals. The author made us think about the animals with different destinies. Basically he wanted us to look…

Michael Pollan's essay “Why Bother” argues that each individual should contribute in making insignificant life changes in order to improve the conditions of climate change. Although without co-operation and scientific certainty, it wouldn't be possible to make the required level of change. During this essay, Pollan addresses that it would not greatly impact human life making small changes to support the environment. Instead, the difficulty is realizing it will only take small changes from…