Alhamdaulillah, I am glad that I was pointed towards "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan about a year ago. My trips to the grocery store have not been the same since I had started reading this book. I just finished it last week.Pollan looks at how the "industrialization" of food sources has led to a decline in the quality of food we are getting. In order to simplify the food chain ( and to make profit) , we are losing out on a lot of the benefits of the food and in the process we are being inhumane towards nature ( i.e. animals, land, soil, plants, etc). Pollen also talks about the economics of food processing and how that helps companies profit. He then shows a link between between obesity and profit making! There are a few chapters about the history of the Organic food market and how it has also been comercialized ( i.e. compromised).
A must read book which will change your outlook on food ( or give you "food" for thought anyways)...
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