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The Omnivore's Dilemma
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This acclaimed bestseller and modern classic has changed America’s relationship with food. It’s essential reading for kids who care about the environment and climate change.
“What’s for dinner?” seemed like a simple question—until journalist and supermarket detective Michael Pollan delved behind the scenes. From fast food and big organic to small farms and old-fashioned hunting and gathering, this young readers’ adaptation of Pollan’s famous food-chain exploration encourages kids to consider the personal and global implications of their food choices.
With plenty of photos, graphs, and visuals, The Omnivore’s Dilemma serves up a bold message to the generation most impacted by climate change: It’s time to take charge of our national eating habits—and it starts with you.
“What’s for dinner?” seemed like a simple question—until journalist and supermarket detective Michael Pollan delved behind the scenes. From fast food and big organic to small farms and old-fashioned hunting and gathering, this young readers’ adaptation of Pollan’s famous food-chain exploration encourages kids to consider the personal and global implications of their food choices.
With plenty of photos, graphs, and visuals, The Omnivore’s Dilemma serves up a bold message to the generation most impacted by climate change: It’s time to take charge of our national eating habits—and it starts with you.
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“I can’t be the the one to judge this book I think it’s pretty boring in my case but I’m also not into that genre having such as I had to read this in a class so maybe that’s why but we also didn’t read all of it word for word so…. But I still didn’t care to read it on my own time 😁 but maybe it’s for you?? But I also got the ick when he started stating on how we are supposed to eat and how you need to eat in my case if you don’t wanna end up like that. Soo I understand why you should eat like that but also I feel like it could cause judgement or insecurity on yourself for someone telling you the way you’re supposed to eat. And I know it’s to inform you but I feel like it could lead to an eating disorder if you look too much into it.”
“Informative and helpful in changing the way I look at food and where it comes from. I feel that the points are actionable and leave room for individualized approaches to eating depending on what’s right for you and your family.”
“My son was assigned The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan for 7th grade ELA, so of course I read it too. And honestly? I was really impressed.
Huge kudos to the teacher and Western Middle School for the Arts for choosing a book like this. It is such a smart, accessible peek behind the curtain of where our food actually comes from and what all those ingredients on the label really mean. It explains big, complicated systems in a way that tweens and teens can actually understand and think critically about.
This book really resonated with me because of how I was raised. When I still ate meat, we purchased our cows from local farmers and were involved in the process from start to finish so we understood where our food came from. My dad hunted every year, dressed his catch at home and It went on the table. That awareness and respect for food is something this book captures so well.
If you have a tween or teen, I highly recommend this book. It is a wealth of knowledge and encourages curiosity without being preachy.
And if you do nothing else:
Check out https://www.eatwild.com, a fantastic resource for finding fresh, local food near you Also, I’m going to share a video that spotlights a farm doing It the right way: multiple crops, animals raised with care, land that isn’t depleted, and food produced with respect for both the environment and the animals. The result is higher-quality, more nutrient-dense food, made possible by thoughtful, intentional farming: https://youtu.be/9qlAv5PiDOw?si=mVgEsFAADOLcfkSx
Let’s be honest: it can feel like an uphill battle trying to get our kids to eat (period), while also teaching them how to eat well, how to cook, where food comes from, what quality looks like, and what a fair value actually is. This book feels like a really powerful tool in that journey, and I’m grateful it found its way into our house.”
About Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan is the author of five books: Second Nature, A Place of My Own, The Botany of Desire, which received the Borders Original Voices Award for the best nonfiction work of 2001 and was recognized as a best book of the year by the American Booksellers Association and Amazon, and the national bestellers, The Omnivore's Dilemma, and In Defense of Food.
A longtime contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine, Pollan is also the Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley. His writing on food and agriculture has won numerous awards, including the Reuters/World Conservation Union Global Award in Environmental Journalism, the James Beard Award, and the Genesis Award from the American Humane Association.
Other books by Michael Pollan
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