The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A recommended read for vegetarians
[tag]Michael Pollan[/tag]‘s beautifully written, eye-opening new book already has me thinking about everything I put into my mouth. Clearly, this is an important, even a ground-breaking book. The Omnivore’s Dilemma is much more than just an indictment of industrial food systems, or our treatment of animals, though. That’s what other reviewers are concentrating on, and they’re right. What I took away from this book, though, was just how thoughtless we have become about what we feed ourselves. More than anything else, Pollan’s [tag]book[/tag] is a plea for us to stop and think for a moment about our whole process of eating. Just as we get the political leaders we deserve, we also get the food we deserve. Pay attention!
The Omnivore’s Dilemma is a celebration of alternative agriculture that every vegetarian should read. Michael Pollan’s account of modern-day food production is beautifully written, and demands the attention of everyone who cares about what, or who, they eat. This is easily among the most important books on food written this decade. Happily, Pollan’s disgust with factory farming is clear, and The [tag]Omnivore’s Dilemma[/tag] is largely a quest to bring ethics into animal agriculture.
Book: The Omnivore’s Dilemma
Rating: 5 out of 5