From local, free-range chicken to store-bought sausages, and from organic peaches flown in from Argentina to guavas from a neighbor's garden, the decision isn't easy. The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan delves into this complexity, exploring how food production has shifted from small farms to a mass production system. This evolution has resulted in cheaper, less healthy foods and made it harder for us to make informed choices by obscuring the origins and ingredients of our food.
Michael Pollan is an American journalist and professor at Harvard and UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. He has authored many New York Times bestsellers, including In Defense of Food, and The Botany of Desire. Pollan, a longtime contributor to the New York Times Magazine, was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by TIME magazine in 2010.