tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29850103069068023442024-03-13T14:40:17.594-07:00Omnivore's Dilemma pageJonna (aka Gaia)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07091941300368441738noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985010306906802344.post-70720681057886611582010-04-15T17:29:00.001-07:002010-04-15T17:29:53.334-07:00Omnivore's Dilemma Ch. 6/7Toward the end of Ch. 7 (pg. 117), Pollan asks, “Why should it matter that we have <br />become a race of corn eaters such as the world has never seen? Is this necessarily a bad thing?” <br />How would Pollan likely answer these questions? You? Jonna (aka Gaia)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07091941300368441738noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985010306906802344.post-6615078689434961512010-04-15T17:27:00.000-07:002010-04-15T17:28:43.754-07:00Omnivore's Dilemma Ch. 4/5Explain the concept of an “industrial eater.” <br /><br />Think about your own eating habits. Are the food processing companies successful in their <br />tactics for overcoming your ability to eat a fixed maximum of food each year? How?/How not? Jonna (aka Gaia)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07091941300368441738noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985010306906802344.post-49578287554247904582010-04-15T17:25:00.000-07:002010-04-15T17:27:05.436-07:00Omnivore's Dilemma Ch. 3Explain the differences between corn as food and corn as a commodity. Who had driven this <br />shift to commodity and how? What effects might this commodification of corn have on our health? Jonna (aka Gaia)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07091941300368441738noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985010306906802344.post-65170768102273631212010-04-11T15:41:00.000-07:002010-04-11T15:44:53.903-07:00The Omnivore's Dilemma: Chapter 2Comment on the role of government policies in shaping corn production in the United States today; who are the winners and losers? What could/should be done at a governmental level to improve our food system? What global ramifications might this have?Jonna (aka Gaia)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07091941300368441738noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985010306906802344.post-23432184795477571612010-01-10T20:09:00.000-08:002010-01-10T20:13:13.214-08:00Omnivore's Dilemma Ch. 1Please comment on something that you found to be particularly surprising in the first chapter (and introduction) of The Omnivore's Dilemma.<br /><br />You can also watch this video of Michael Pollan on last <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/05/michael-pollan-on-the-dai_n_411493.html">Monday's Daily Show!</a>Jonna (aka Gaia)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07091941300368441738noreply@blogger.com8