I just read the famous/infamous (depending on which section of the foodie world you come from) Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A History of Four Meals. It’s–let me put in politely–an interesting book. Actually, Pollan did a good job researching and describing the industrial agriculture system. But after that section, he revealed the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘food chain’
The Problem with Pollan
Posted in Books, tagged food chain, happy meat, Pollan on April 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The Food Chain
Posted in Excuses, tagged food chain on March 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ah, the food chain. This goes along with the “but the cavemen ate meat” argument. Since when do we emulate cave men? Likewise, since when are we part of the food chain? The idea is that we, like tigers, have evolved to be the strongest, smartest, most powerful species, and we naturally feed on those [...]
