Audiobook: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan

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The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan | ethix

Michael Pollan wanted to understand the food system and looks at three broad categories of food creation in the 21st century in the United States. Through their work, corn has found its way into a large percentage of foods available, and the industry is creating new uses for corn all of the time. Corn is the big product in agriculture because the farmers are driven by the needs of the industrial food complex headed by such giants as Cargill and Monsanto. He starts with the world of industrial food production. And at the end of the line we find corn in almost all fast food. Through repeated processing, each atom of corn is put to use. We find it in the raising of industrialized chickens, pigs, and cattle as well, where the efficiency model is king. Most of us don’t know where our food really comes from, or what its journey is from start to finish....

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