In chapter 17 Pollan discusses the ethics of eating animals. Although I am a firm believer in eating meat for a source of protein, sometimes I have this very ethic dilemma with myself. After watching movies such as Food Inc. and other similar movies, it's hard to eat animals that were treated inhumanly. When it comes down to it, I believe that the meat product industry needs to be put under higher scrutiny and be changed drastically. In addition to the terrible treatment of animals is the food they are fed. Chickens are given growth hormones that speed up their development. This growth hormone makes chickens grow so fast that their legs cannot keep up and they can no longer walk. It's terrible to think that consumers are paying so much money to an industry that has no morals.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Omnivore's Dilemma Ch. 16 and 17
In Chapter 16 Michael Pollan discusses the omnivores's dilemma, taste, appetite, and cooking. Pollan talks about community's food preferences and how they are unique to the area. Pollan believes that, "...an immigrant's refrigerator is the very last place to look for signs of assimilations." I disagree. I believe that immigrants, although they generally hold true to all traditions in their home, try to assimilate in as many ways as possible. Food choice is one way to successfully assimilate into a new country. When one decides to move to a different country, it is generally because they want to become part of said country.
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I agree with what you stated about chapter 17. Although I do not eat much meat and I am very selective when I do. However, the points made about how animals are being treated in such an inhuman way I agree with. The movie food inc. grossed me out and learning what we are actually eating is disgusting for the most part!
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way as both you and Morgan. After watching the Food Inc. I can no longer look at meat and not be reminded of the vivid images of the cow being picked up by the forklift of the chicken houses. Also I like Pollen's point about what gives us the right to decide that animals are inferior and that we can eat them as abundantly as we wish. This notion is what causes the abandonment of morals and simply increases the drive for money.
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