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Share Your Food Adventure  The Omnivore's Dilemma Thread  EMZ
Apr 22, 2006 10:35 AM  I started reading this new book (put a
hold on it at my library before the hard copy even came out so
I'm the first one to read this copy) a few days ago and it's one
of those can't-put-down reads. I read Fast Food Nation and have
seen Supersize Me a bunch of times but this book offers a
different approach. While Pollan does critically cover the
industrialiazed/chemically processed food industry he also
investigates the confusing, if not deceitful organic food
industry - one side is not a whole lot better than the more
frequently bashed conventional system.  I find myself shaking my
head a lot while reading it but so far I haven't found it nearly
as nauseating as Eric Schlosser's coverage in Fast Food Nation,
probably because in The Omnivore's Dilemma the focus is more on
government regulation and Big Business Interest at the expense
of society's health.  Anyone else