The Omnivore's Dilemma

9/15/11 A Well Argued and Impractical Idea In the book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Michael Pollan, Pollan introduces some very interesting ideas and positions relating to the how and what we eat. Pollan poses the questions: Is America eating the right kind of food? Is what we are eating healthy? And, where is our food coming from, how is it treated, and what is in the food we eat? Throughout the book Pollan places his own argument alongside the answers to these questions. He moves the reader

[in press, Human Ethology Bulletin, October 2007]  The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals By Michael Pollan    Penguin Press, New York, NY. 2006, 450pp. ISBN 1‐59420‐082‐3 [Hdbk., $26.95]  Reviewed by William F. McKibbin and Todd K. Shackelford Florida Atlantic University, Dept. of Psychology, Davie, FL 33314 USA [E-mail: wmckibbi@fau.edu, tshackel@fau.edu] The Omnivore’s Dilemma is the latest book by Michael Pollan, best known for his previous best‐ selling work, The Botany of Desire

Alyx Gordy Omnivore’s Dilemma Essay Mr. Webb 5th period 8/27/14 Book Review In Michael Pollan’s book “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” he examines the main question “What should we have for dinner?” (Page 1) He also examines the true meaning of food in today’s society. When we have just about any type of food available at our fingertips, it tends to cause a dilemma, an omnivore’s dilemma. We tend to make poor decisions due to the fact that we have so many choices. To answer the question “What should we

What am I exactly eating? Where does our food come from? Why should I care? “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” may forever change the way you think about food. I enjoyed Mr. Pollan’s book, “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” and learned a great deal of information. Pollan’s book is a plea for us to stop and think for a moment about our whole process of eating. Pollan sets out to corn fields and natural farms, goes hunting and foraging, all in the name of coming to terms with where food really comes from in modern America

The Omnivore’s Dilemma Summary The main idea of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Michael Pollan, is to make the reader aware of where his food comes from, and what goes into his food. Pollan does this by breaking the book into four different types of meals: the industrial and processed meal consisting of food produced in factories or grown on large-scale farms, the organic meal created on industrial farms, the “grass fed” meal made of meat and produce created on mindful and smaller farms, and finally

In the introduction of Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, he reveals that his goal is to expose both scientific and person aspects surrounding the question that has come to plague America: “what should we have for dinner?”(1) This dilemma ,in addition to industrialism, has caused a national eating disorder in America. Through the exploration of the industrial, organic, and hunter-gatherer chains, Pollan's desire is that his readers gain a deeper understanding

Omnivore 's Dilemma Book Report I chose Omnivore 's Dilemma for various reasons, one being to learn more about current food issues within our economy, ecosystem, and environment; and two, to learn more so I am not a hypocrite to my beliefs. My entire life I have grown up learning and practicing sustainable mannerisms. Learning to turn off the water while I brushed my teeth, using reusable tupperware and grocery bags, and not idling are a few of the many practices I was taught. I spent my middle

What does the title, The Omnivore's Dilemma exactly mean? Human beings are omnivores. Omnivore comes from the Latin words omne meaning all or everything and vorare meaning to eat or devour. The author Michael Pollan wrote this book to inform the readers that the food choice they make have major consequences. There are two main reasons why the food in the United States is unhealthy. An unhealthy decision in our modern diet is that human beings are eating too many corn products. Farmers started feeding

of what to eat. Everyone has been in a situation where they didn’t know which food to choose, to help us understand our options better, Michael Pollan created the book, Omnivore's Dilemma. In this book, there is a certain chapter that stands out the most: Chapter 8. Chapter 8 states all the facts about what the “omnivore's dilemma” is. By looking closer into this chapter, the reader goes back to the very question that pioneered this whole idea. The idea that in the modern world, with such a surplus

How much do you really know about the food you eat? Reading the book “The Omnivore 's Dilemma” by Michael Pollan,”Getting Real About the High Price of Our Cheap Food” by Bryan Walsh, and the movie “Food Inc.” gave me an idea of how our food is made and what is in it. Also reading the books gave me an idea, Michael Pollan mostly talked about corn and Bryan Walsh talking about high prices of our cheap food. Robert Kenner explains how we should look into our food to save us from getting sick or becoming