Food Inc.

So I made the same mistake that most of us did and just wrote about what was on my mind. There is little to no analysis in this post. I wrote it during class and didn't think it would be fair to revise and analyze. (Sweet rhyme huh?) So here it is:

I read a book over the summer. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan. I don't want to ruin it for anyone, but turns out the dilemma is that we've ruined a good thing that we had for ourselves. For thousands of years we've had a free lunch. All energy comes from the sun. Sun to Plants to Man/Sun to Plants to Animals to Man depending on who you talk to and what you eat. We took part in that chain. Respectfully. The sun knew it's place. The plants and animals did what they do naturally. Humans reaped the rewards. "The Earth is yours and everything in it." Then BOOM! The Industrial Revolution took over. Thanks Eli Whitney. Suddenly waiting for the sun to shine wasn't convenient. Now the farmer doesn't have to get dirt underneath his fingernails. Now the American diet is floating on a yellow sea of corn. Now the government gives subsidiaries to plant or not plant certain crops. Now a homemade meal consists of meat from another state, Fruit/Vegetables from another country and liquids that appear to be from another planet. The great American plains, that proverbial bread basket is now running low on supplies. It's been over-farmed, over-run and over-packed into concrete slabs of soil and left for dead under rows and rows of a mutated grass. God bless America! And God please bless the American diet!