Chapter twenty of The Omnivore’s Dilemma touches on the appreciation of being able to consciously recognize where your food really came from, and this is what I connected to most in this weeks reading. Michael Pollan discusses his journey of how he made and ate an entire meal, which he made and gathered completely. Such knowledge of what you are really eating is knowledge everyone should have in his or her life regularly. The fact that such knowledge can aid in our own well-being and health truly proves that the food we have been eating for our entire lives have been lies time and time again. Not knowing the truth behind what we are feeding our bodies further empowers the corporations with control over our food, to continue lying to us. Unless the modern man fully understands what his food really is, we will continue our downward spiral in terms of our worldwide health problems and future problems to come. Though preparing a meal like the one Pollan did seems incredibly positive and helpful in many ways, it may not be realistic for many people and families. The ability to create such a meal requires incredible amounts of respect, knowledge, and time; most of which most people do not have a lot of.
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I agree that people should do everything possible to know exactly what is in their food. The fact that people don't know what they are eating just gives more power to the food production industry. If Americans want there to be any sort of changes to our industrial food system, the first step to to analyze anything that you eat and figure out how it specifically can be changed for the better.
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