It's an enlightening look at the food industry. If you've read Fast Food Nation, none of this will surprise you, but you'll notice that this book isn't nearly as easily read as Fast Food Nation... the author chose to make it read like fiction by putting a "story" into it (i.e. following his food through the chain rather than simply telling us about the food chain).

The problem with books like this is that the people who need to read them are the ones making the millions in profits and simply aren't interested in changing their cash flow into anything less lucrative, regardless of the cost to the environment, the world and the future. In this sense, the book leaves you feeling depressed: the stuff we need to know and do to prevent catastrophe is available, but nobody cares enough to bother. ( )

An interesting look at how Americans eat and what we can do to change that. Pollan divides the book into 4 parts or 'meals' and discusses industrial farming, industrial organic farming, local organic farming and foraging as he sees just how all of these meals are prepared. He also discusses the philosophy and ethics of hunting and eating meat, which is somewhat long-winded but very interesting. This book will make you think twice about what you eat and how you eat it. ( )

Everyone should at least read the first third of this book, "Corn", a look at industrialized food products. Shocking, sickening. A look at the organic food industry actually made me feel more supportive of companies like EarthBound Farms. Enjoy your steak tonight? Not so much. ( )

I am very interested in the source or our food. This book really down tot he nitty gritty of exactly what goes into making what we eat. Very interesting and I am glad that he has undertaken this project. ( )

Michael Pollan delves into the scary world of industrial agriculture in The Omnivore's Dilemma. He shows the reader exactly how much corn we're actually eating, and how we've become "corn people". He exposes the potential problems with "organic" food that I never would have contemplated. The middle section of this book, where the author spends a week on a farm is just wonderful. Don't read this book if you don't want to think about where your food comes from. It might frighten you if you find out. ( )