The Omnivore's Dilemma

During Chapter 2 of the Omnivore's Dilemma the author discusses his trip to a farm. He works on George Naylor's farm with him to see what it's like. The work and hardship he describes that farmer's go through seems very intense and particular. He drives a tractor and discusses how hard it is to get the rows of crops straight. It is amazing how many people one farmer can feed with the work he does. He goes into a description of Naylor's family history. It is crazy to think that certain plants like the corn is responsible for pushing out other plants and people lowering the population. A main idea is showing that corn has definately grown in population over the years, and this is not always a good thing. The rapid increase has hurt farmer's incomes which will affect the public population in the future.

Chapters 6 and 7 of The Omnivore's Dilemma is more interesting than chapter 2. In these two chapters i can relate to the health issues and different concerns. I was surprised to find out that corn was also in alcohol which Americans drank a lot of in the earlier years. Also talking about the tremendously high calories in fast food grosses me out. It definately is easier to run to fast food a lot of the time with people's busy lives, but it is scary to think that the obesity rate has risen greatly. Fast food is cheap and convenient and the reputation of how the food tastes has improved over the years. Corn again is in basically all of the food at Mcdonalds and it does not sound the least bit appealing after reading this book.