Enlight21

An ecological and anthropological study of eating offers insight into food consumption in the twenty-first century, explaining how an abundance of unlimited food varieties reveals the responsibilities of everyday consumers to protect their health and the environment. By the author of The Botany of Desire. 125,000 first printing.

The dilemma—what to have for dinner when you are an omnivorous creature with an open-ended appetite—leads the author, Michael Pollan, to a fascinating examination of the myriad connections along the principal food chains that lead from earth to dinner table. –from Kirkus Review
Questions to Ponder:

1. What exactly is the “omnivore’s dilemma?”
2. What are the 3 types of food systems?
3. What are the main problems inherent in the industrial food chain?
4. What are the key points about corn in the book?
5. What is the difference between “industrial organic food” and the food produced by a farm like Polyface Farm?
6. What are your thoughts about solutions to the problems associated with our industrial food chain?
7. Your thoughts in general?