Corrupted Corn In The Omnivore's Dilemma Pollan
Corrupted Corn
Grocery stores are guilty. They have stooped to prioritizing speed and quantity over quality. In The Omnivore's Dilemma Pollan aggressively attacked to reveal the evilness the food industry has been striving to hide. His vexation is clearly shown in his thesis "But forgetting, or not knowing in the first place, is what the industrial food chain is all about, the principal reason it is so opaque, for if we could see what lies on the far side of the increasingly high walls of our industrial agriculture, we would surely change the way we eat" (Pollan10-11).
Corn's cunning contrivance is deceiving and has gone undetected by most American families who just want to eat for an affordable price. Grocery stores are falsely sundry. While
it may seem as if a variety of different foods are represented in grocery stores the sad truth is that the options are actually dominated by a few companies such as Tyson subsidiary IBP, Cargill subsidiary Excel, Swift & Company, and National. These companies feed the poor animals hormones, and food such as corn that was not meant for them. Thus resulting in sick animals. The limited options hide behind sly names that have been selectively formulated to entice trusting consumers. The false array of options is just as artificial as the ingredients in the products. This repulsive business started on a small scale but has progressed to the point where Pollan claims “So that's us: processed corn, walking” (23). We are also great consumers of intramuscular fat.
The money minded industry has sacrificed integrity and nutrition for greater income. Time is spent on coming up with inventive ways to trick the public instead of improving quality and nutrition. Unhealthy goals have been set. The facts and statistics over recent years butchered Pollan's faith in the food industry. It is repulsive to read that petroleum is a main ingredient in the production of modern meat. He has sought to lift the deceptive disguise off the seemingly innocent foods. Names such as C-3 and C-4 are used to disguise what is really in foods.
Corn and men have built an unwholesome interdependence. Humans even assist corn in its sex life. That is how intimate the relationship is. Men has profoundly propelled corn to success by "training" corn to adapt to the industry's ways. Corn has had to adapt to strategic money making methods.
Pollan thoroughly expressed his intense frustration haven given his food for thought. His thesis shows that he believes that lack of knowledge is the issue. I personally admire Pollan's passion but unfortunately while I agree that processed foods cannot compare to pastoral foods. It saddens me to know that not much can be done. Unless the massive companies such as Tyson subsidiary IBP, Cargill subsidiary Excel, Swift & Company, and National unanimously decide to fight to ethically produce America's food nothing much will change. I always root for the underdog but for the first time I cannot. It saddens me to say that I don’t see much evidence of nationwide proactive change.
Grocery stores are guilty. They have stooped to prioritizing speed and quantity over quality. In The Omnivore's Dilemma Pollan aggressively attacked to reveal the evilness the food industry has been striving to hide. His vexation is clearly shown in his thesis "But forgetting, or not knowing in the first place, is what the industrial food chain is all about, the principal reason it is so opaque, for if we could see what lies on the far side of the increasingly high walls of our industrial agriculture, we would surely change the way we eat" (Pollan10-11).
Corn's cunning contrivance is deceiving and has gone undetected by most American families who just want to eat for an affordable price. Grocery stores are falsely sundry. While
it may seem as if a variety of different foods are represented in grocery stores the sad truth is that the options are actually dominated by a few companies such as Tyson subsidiary IBP, Cargill subsidiary Excel, Swift & Company, and National. These companies feed the poor animals hormones, and food such as corn that was not meant for them. Thus resulting in sick animals. The limited options hide behind sly names that have been selectively formulated to entice trusting consumers. The false array of options is just as artificial as the ingredients in the products. This repulsive business started on a small scale but has progressed to the point where Pollan claims “So that's us: processed corn, walking” (23). We are also great consumers of intramuscular fat.
The money minded industry has sacrificed integrity and nutrition for greater income. Time is spent on coming up with inventive ways to trick the public instead of improving quality and nutrition. Unhealthy goals have been set. The facts and statistics over recent years butchered Pollan's faith in the food industry. It is repulsive to read that petroleum is a main ingredient in the production of modern meat. He has sought to lift the deceptive disguise off the seemingly innocent foods. Names such as C-3 and C-4 are used to disguise what is really in foods.
Corn and men have built an unwholesome interdependence. Humans even assist corn in its sex life. That is how intimate the relationship is. Men has profoundly propelled corn to success by "training" corn to adapt to the industry's ways. Corn has had to adapt to strategic money making methods.
Pollan thoroughly expressed his intense frustration haven given his food for thought. His thesis shows that he believes that lack of knowledge is the issue. I personally admire Pollan's passion but unfortunately while I agree that processed foods cannot compare to pastoral foods. It saddens me to know that not much can be done. Unless the massive companies such as Tyson subsidiary IBP, Cargill subsidiary Excel, Swift & Company, and National unanimously decide to fight to ethically produce America's food nothing much will change. I always root for the underdog but for the first time I cannot. It saddens me to say that I don’t see much evidence of nationwide proactive change.