The Omnivore's Dilemma

“The Omnivore’s Dilemma, A Natural History Of Four Meals.” by Michael Pollan is an incredibly information-dense review of our modern day food industry. Pollan promises to use facts, statistics, and personal experience to take the reader on a journey that will ultimately discover a definitive answer to “what should I have for dinner?” This book had an interesting effect on me which I will discuss by first explaining my food industry related knowledge prior to reading the book, what the book has taught me, and finally, go over what I call “The Omnivore's Dilemma’s Dilemma.”
I myself tend to be keen to understand how the world around me functions. I am passionate about all knowledge regardless of topic and prior to reading Pollan’s piece, I had a firm understanding of what we ate and how it was linked economically to major corporations. Cutting down on costs was and always will be every food company’s number one priority.
Pollan’s solution is simple. “All we need to do is empower individuals with the right philosophy and the right information to opt out en masse” (Pollan 260). Regardless of how promising it may sound, however, where our food comes from is not going to change overnight. Major companies such as Coca-Cola have bought out our legislation a countless number of times and will continue to do so for as long as people continue to feed them money. Unless a sharp, major nationwide movement is started, there will never be an “American Food Revolution.” Despite the efforts put forth by many food orientated communities, the availability, low cost, and popularity of terrible industrial foods will time and time again grant victory to the