Pollan, Michael. "Our National Eating Disorder." Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: The Penguin Press, 2006. 1-11.
Pollan, Michael. "The Farm." Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural HIstory of Four Meals. New York: The Penguin Press, 2006. 32-56.
Within Michael Pollan’s book titled The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, Pollan discusses the violent change in society’s eating habits which has led to a societal eating disorder. In a frenzy to eat healthy, unhealthy people have become obsessed with eating right. The food industry has taken advantage of society’s food obsession by producing more and more products to add to our anxiety. At the same time, misleading labels contribute to our unhealthy eating habits. In addition, Pollan denotes that society is constantly modifying the food chain to accommodate what the like to eat.
In Pollan’s chapter titled “The Farm,” he describes the impact the mass production of corn has made on business and society. To authenticate his story, Pollan temporarily resided with George Naylor on his farm. Through Naylor’s insight, Pollan describes how the industrialization of farming, namely the producing of corn, has led to global warming, the depletion of fertile land, and water contamination due to chemicals used to increase production. In addition to affecting the earth, excessive corn planting has “pushed out” animals who no longer have a place to live, people whose jobs are not longer required, and other plant growth since soil is used exclusively for corn planting. Pollan reports that the federal government plays a large role in the industrialization of farming. After WWII the United States had an abundance of ammonia nitrate (used to make bombs). To utilize this resource, Fritz Haber, chemist, discovered a way to use the ammonia as a synthetic fertilizer. Despite the destruction industrialization of farming has made on society, “to the factory, time is money and yield is everything,” therefore, the government will continue to demand it’s production no matter how detrimental the process is to society.
Pollan, Michael. "The Farm." Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural HIstory of Four Meals. New York: The Penguin Press, 2006. 32-56.
Within Michael Pollan’s book titled The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, Pollan discusses the violent change in society’s eating habits which has led to a societal eating disorder. In a frenzy to eat healthy, unhealthy people have become obsessed with eating right. The food industry has taken advantage of society’s food obsession by producing more and more products to add to our anxiety. At the same time, misleading labels contribute to our unhealthy eating habits. In addition, Pollan denotes that society is constantly modifying the food chain to accommodate what the like to eat.
In Pollan’s chapter titled “The Farm,” he describes the impact the mass production of corn has made on business and society. To authenticate his story, Pollan temporarily resided with George Naylor on his farm. Through Naylor’s insight, Pollan describes how the industrialization of farming, namely the producing of corn, has led to global warming, the depletion of fertile land, and water contamination due to chemicals used to increase production. In addition to affecting the earth, excessive corn planting has “pushed out” animals who no longer have a place to live, people whose jobs are not longer required, and other plant growth since soil is used exclusively for corn planting. Pollan reports that the federal government plays a large role in the industrialization of farming. After WWII the United States had an abundance of ammonia nitrate (used to make bombs). To utilize this resource, Fritz Haber, chemist, discovered a way to use the ammonia as a synthetic fertilizer. Despite the destruction industrialization of farming has made on society, “to the factory, time is money and yield is everything,” therefore, the government will continue to demand it’s production no matter how detrimental the process is to society.
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