Omnivore's Dilemma By Michael Pollan

Some argue that GMOs are not worth the slightly higher prices for farmers, like George Naylor in The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan. Pollan says that he, “doesn’t think it’s worth the extra twenty five dollars a bag (in technology fees) they cost” (Pollan 36). However, Scientific American published an article on GMOs that covered a study done over how genetically modified crops help farmers. The article stated, “recently published…

production. This is wrong. Machinery has overpowered the current state of agriculture, and in the case of the meat industry especially we have seen technology’s potential to harm rather than help. While already a vegetarian, reading Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma allowed me to reexamine and thus reinforce my rationale for those choices: I have been a vegetarian since birth, so often times that choice is a passive one. There is a surplus of healthy options available for me without much…

We all know someone who loves to eat just about anything. Then again, who doesn’t love a good meal every now and then. However, Wendell Berry seems to think we can’t truly enjoy our meal if we don’t know how our meal arrived to our plates. Berry wrote an essay back in 1989 about the issues within the food industry, and the reasons on why we won’t be able to truly enjoy a meal until the issues are solved. In one of his most famous essays, The Pleasures of Eating, Berry talks about how in 1989…

Fifty-six percent of the carbon in a serving of Chicken McNuggets from McDonalds is derived from corn. One coule imagine making a chicken nugget out of four or maybe five ingredients; Chicken McNuggets have thirty-eight (Pollan 113-117). This is just one of the many bizarre and often dangerous results of the conduct of the food processing industry. Many other foods carry a much higher risk. Americans should be made aware of the questionable practices used during commercial food processing to…

Murders To Our Own Death Do you think the benefits of industrial agriculture outweigh the harms? If you were asked if industrial farming is better than organic farming, would you be able to explain why? Industrial farming has been taking over the agriculture industry, while also killing our planet at the same time. Before the argument is started let us begin with some background information. Industrial farming has been around since 1930s; once the fast food industry started to become popular.…

Michael Pollan’s novel, “In Defense of Food”, is a follow-up to his prior novel, “The Omnivore’s Dilemma”. The book is explaining the issue with the food industry in America, but does not explain how you can change the way you eat. This is where the novel of “In Defense of Food” comes in. He starts out with the seemingly simple phrase of “eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants (1)”. Going more in depth into the book, though, you see that this is not exactly that easy. He goes on to explain…

problems,when you eat healthy it's less calories fats carbs sodium and protein, The Omnivore's Dilemma,by Michael Pollan clearly demonstrates that we should care about what we eat because we dont know the surroundings of where our food comes from,the animals we eat have a unhealthy life,we get sick by eating too much processed food.To begin with, we dont know the surrounding food.According to Pollan on pg 47 the cattle were standing/lying in maniure.Cattle is a type of meat we eat…

as a result of climate change” (Climate 116). Organic farming has also been able to absorb much needed water, at the same time creating healthy soil, making it much more stable and able to take on whatever mother nature has in store for the land. Pollan distinguishes between “animal welfare’ and ‘animal rights”, by suggesting that people who care about animals should be working to ensure that the animals people are slaughtering for consumption do not suffer in their death, and make sure its…

Rugby is regarded around the world as a high intensity, physical, and challenging sport. In the United States, it is regarded as a barbaric, un-regulated, and foolish sport. This misconception comes from the widely inaccurate notion that concussion among other injuries is inevitable in the sport. Rugby is beginning to take hold in high schools across the countries, and young adult athletes are the first generation to bring this internationally recognized sport to America. The idea of rugby being…

Concentrated Animal Feedlot Operations and Their Risks Following Michael Pollan’s view in his book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, he covers the realm of concentrated animal feedlot operations (COFAs) in his extensive spiel about the overarching concept of corn in our society. He discusses his purchased steer, number 534, as he accompanies its journey through the system. In the beginning 534 enjoyed his life on a green pasture with his mother for six months, until he became strong and bulky enough to…