The Omnivore’s Dilemma Organic Reflection

This week’s reading was very personal to me because organic foods are a very important part of my life.  Growing up my parents rarely bought anything that wasn’t “organic” for dinner, and reading this section and seeing where these foods come from and the farming and process behind them was interesting.  I was surprised to read that most organic foods and farming methods have grown in popularity so much that farmers have adopted methods of industrial agriculture.  The more I read though the more I saw that this would make sense, and it made me wonder how farming could be genuinely organic.  Perhaps one of the only ways we could access truly organic foods would be to have our own gardens.  I also loved the section on Joel Salatin.  Joel Salatin is the man.  I am very supportive of everything that he is doing with Polyface Farm, a rotational ecological farm, and might even visit at some point soon.  It was also interesting to see Pollan and Salatin’s different views on morality and makes you think of their different motivations behind the morality of organic farming.