If you haven’t read The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan, stop and do so immediately. It was such a major catalyst for me. It’s indescribable the amount of knowledge you will gain about food production in America – about where your food comes from. I was boggled. He traces back four selected meals to their origins, all the way back to the farm & feedlot, and then forward.
It has made more of a mark on me than any book I can recall in the last few years. I am desperate to discuss this book with others, so if you have read it, please post about it. I’m thinking of buying copies for family members just because any book that can have me intelligently discussing farming subsidies and “beyond organic” farming is a powerful book. The man can write, and kept me intently turning pages. Wow.
It’ll make you plant your own garden, that is for sure. And potentially stop eating meat, if you are like me.
L
