The Omnivore’s Dilemma
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Tags: Ethics & Holistic Living
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When it comes to the question of “what will I have for dinner tonight,” Michael Pollan has helped me move past my shortsightedness to see this as a question not only of taste and nutrition but ethics. In this book Pollan, a professor at Berkeley and frequent contributor to the NY Times, follows our food from the farm (or lab) all the way to the dinner plate. His thorough research lifts the veil on our nation’s farming and food industries to show how they’re entrenched in a complex matrix of legislation and politics. His writings can help us come back to our senses and realize there are larger implications to what we choose to eat. Plus he’s just enjoyable to read; his vivid descriptions make you feel you’re right there with him at the cattle lot or kitchen table.