The conscious omnivore is in a catch-22. No longer able to realistically and successfully 'hunt and gather,' s/he must rely on others for food, even when the others are compromising the food products. I think the biggest problem for the average omnivore is that we don't know where are food is actually coming from and it is unrealistic to rely solely on our own.
This was actually something I was thinking about before I even read this book. i was standing in the grocery store looking at pasta, trying to convince myself that I should buy whole wheat pasta, even though I like the regular, white pasta. Here's my dilemma. Do I eat foods I don't like as well, because I know they are better for me? As a product of the industrial food chain (though my mom always cooked a lot of organic and vegetarian food, I don't think any of us can avoid reliance on the industrial food chain), I like some foods that are highly processed (like the oreos I mentioned in another post), but at the same time I hope to be able to make choices that will be good for me and good for the environment. THAT is my dilemma.
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The conscious omnivore is in a catch-22. No longer able to realistically and successfully 'hunt and gather,' s/he must rely on others for food, even when the others are compromising the food products. I think the biggest problem for the average omnivore is that we don't know where are food is actually coming from and it is unrealistic to rely solely on our own.
This was actually something I was thinking about before I even read this book. i was standing in the grocery store looking at pasta, trying to convince myself that I should buy whole wheat pasta, even though I like the regular, white pasta. Here's my dilemma. Do I eat foods I don't like as well, because I know they are better for me? As a product of the industrial food chain (though my mom always cooked a lot of organic and vegetarian food, I don't think any of us can avoid reliance on the industrial food chain), I like some foods that are highly processed (like the oreos I mentioned in another post), but at the same time I hope to be able to make choices that will be good for me and good for the environment. THAT is my dilemma.
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