Chapter 9: 1. Explain and give examples of lit.” Does such affect the way you think about food “grocery “literature” and your buying decisions? Why/why not? 2. Compare and contrast the industrial food chain from the first section of the book with the industrial organic described in this chapter. How different are they? Chapter 11: 1. As we saw on George Naylor’s corn farm in Iowa, most American farms no longer grow a wide variety of crops, but Joel Salatin’s approach to animal farming shows a deeply interconnected system. Explain 2. Explain the concept of holon. 3. Describe the importance of the 450 acres of surrounding forest to: The farm’s water supplu, the pigs, the grass, the chickens , the cattle Chapter 12: 1. What does Pollan tell us here about our food safety regulations? Do you think the regulations regulatory system make sense? Why/Why not? 2. How safe do you think our food supply is? Why? Chapter 13: 1. What does Pollan suggest about the cost of industrial food versus Salatin’s food? 2. What do our food choices say our priorities as a society? Chapter 15: 1. Do you agree with Pollan that the hunter‐gatherer food chain is no longer sufficient for us? Chapter 16: 1. What are the good and bad points to the omnivore’s dilemma in Pollan’s view? 2. What are the influences of culture on what we eat? How might this affect our heath? Chapter 19: 1.What does mushroom foraging suggest about the omnivore’s dilemma? 2. Has reading this book changed the way you think about food or what you choose to eat? Why/How?/Why not? connections do you see between what you eat and your health? How has What the book affected your thinking in that regard?
Chapter 9: 1. Explain and give examples of “grocery lit.” Does such “literature” affect the way you think about food and your buying decisions? Why/why not? 2. Compare and contrast the industrial food chain from the first section of the book with the industrial organic described in this chapter. How different are they? Chapter 11: 1. As we saw on George Naylor’s corn farm in Iowa, most American farms no longer grow a wide variety of crops, but Joel Salatin’s approach to animal farming shows a deeply interconnected system. Explain 2. Explain the concept of holon. 3. Describe the importance of the 450 acres of surrounding forest to: The farm’s water supplu, the pigs, the grass, the chickens , the cattle Chapter 12: 1. What does Pollan tell us here about our food safety regulations? Do you think the regulations regulatory system make sense? Why/Why not? 2. How safe do you think our food supply is? Why? Chapter 13: 1. What does Pollan suggest about the cost of industrial food versus Salatin’s food? 2. What do our food choices say our priorities as a society? Chapter 15: 1. Do you agree with Pollan that the hunter‐gatherer food chain is no longer sufficient for us? Chapter 16: 1. What are the good and bad points to the omnivore’s dilemma in Pollan’s view? 2. What are the influences of culture on what we eat? How might this affect our heath? Chapter 19: 1.What does mushroom foraging suggest about the omnivore’s dilemma? 2. Has reading this book changed the way you think about food or what you choose to eat? Why/How?/Why not? What connections do you see between what you eat and your health? How has the book affected your thinking in that regard?
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