The Omnivores Dilemma was full of surprises for me. I was first surprised by how interesting it was. I had expected to be bored to tears (no offense Marin!), but I wasn’t at all. I found that Michael Pollan’s style of writing kept me turning the pages. He was able to mix much fact in with wit. One of my favorite lines thus far was, “To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft drink in the supermarket is to have sine corn with your corn.”
I was also intrigued by the vast array politics that have been surrounding corn since it was first mass produced. From the “New Deal” until the present, corn production has been an ever-changing game. The fluctuation has forced the government to take special action. I had no idea what kind of money we as taxpayers supply to farmers across America.
Not as surprising, but equally as interesting was the way in which cattle are prepared to become our dinners. Again, I was pressed with the idea that the process in which they are raised is not 100% humane.
Finally, one of the other bigger points of surprise was the amount of corn we consume! I could not believe all of the products that are in some way comprised of corn!
I must be made of it too!
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