The Omnivore’s Dilemma Has Come To An End

The Omnivore’s Dilemma has come to an end. The readings have provided me so much information to my knowledge about food in general, but chapter 20 “The Perfect Meal” came to the conclusion in how Pollan viewed food. For many generations eating has been involved with a cultural family and that there was no need to rehearse a meal (411). Pollan says that the way we eat is not the way to eat every day. Two questions had come into mind, “What am I eating and where does it come from?” Why doesn’t the industry want us to know the types of food that were eating? The Omnivore’s Dilemma had greatly impacted my judgment upon many foods that I eat. However, food is food and some people believe that what ever they’re eating is probably healthy and in some cases it might be or not. It is impossible to prepare and eat a meal quite so physically, intellectually and emotionally costly with thinking about the incalculably larger debts we incur when we eat industrially (410)… Pollan has put the context into a more perspective saying; “We eat by the grace of nature, not industry, and what we’re eating is never anything more or less than the body of the world” (411)…

As you may have noticed when you buy fruit, it is very expensive. A burger can cost a dollar at McDonald’s, but fruit can cost more than 4 dollars. Why is that? Pollan had concluded that much of this reason was because of the industry and how it is run by these big corporations. I believe in no perfect meal, but Pollan on the other hand had a vision of a perfect society with the perfect meal. Producing our own food is a practical solution to any of our culture’s dilemmas surrounding eating and agriculture (392). No longer am I going to believe the industry and their food, but I will begin to eat more local and organic food that satisfies me. Thanks for ruining my appetite Michael Pollan.