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The Omnivore's Dilemma: Hunter-Gatherer Photosynthesizing

In The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan describes four ways societies obtain food: industrial, large organic operations, local self-sufficient farms, and hunter-gatherers. Pollan follows the path of calories from plants through various stages into meals for each system. He suggests tension between nature and industry in eating, that eating represents engagement with nature, and industrial eating obscures ecological relationships. The book received praise from The New York Times, James Beard Foundation, and was featured in university reading programs.

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The Omnivore's Dilemma: Hunter-Gatherer Photosynthesizing

In The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan describes four ways societies obtain food: industrial, large organic operations, local self-sufficient farms, and hunter-gatherers. Pollan follows the path of calories from plants through various stages into meals for each system. He suggests tension between nature and industry in eating, that eating represents engagement with nature, and industrial eating obscures ecological relationships. The book received praise from The New York Times, James Beard Foundation, and was featured in university reading programs.

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In The Omnivore's Dilemma, Pollan describes four basic ways that human societies have obtained food: the

current industrial system, the big organic operation, the local self-sufficient farm, and the hunter-gatherer. Pollan follows each of these processesfrom a group of plants photosynthesizing calories through a series of intermediate stages, ultimately into a meal. Along the way, he suggests that there is a fundamental tension between the logic of nature and the logic of human industry, that the way we eat represents our most profound engagement with the natural world, and that industrial eating obscures crucially important ecological relationships and connections. On December 10, 2006 The New York Times named The Omnivore's Dilemma one of the five best nonfiction books of the year. On May 8, 2007, the James Beard Foundation named The Omnivore's Dilemmaits 2007 winner for the best food writing. It was the book of focus for the University of Pennsylvania's Reading Project in 2007, and the book of choice for Washington State University's Common Reading Program in 2009-10. An excerpt of the book was published in Mother Jones

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