Michael Pollan's Arguments To Criticize The American Food Industry?
In his letter to the president-elect on October 12, 2008, Michael Pollan criticizes the American food industry, food related health issues, the lack of attention paid to food in the campaign, the lack of attention to the issue by politicians once they are in office. Food policy is not something elected officials give much thought to because there are far more important issues. Food was barely mentioned during the 2008 campaign because unlike education, social security, or the military, food is not an issue that most American voters care about. His arguments about food production and health are not convincing. Much of Pollan's argument is not even really about food. He repeatedly takes his argument to energy. Fossil fuel is mentioned 15 times, energy 19 times. The current agriculture system may rely on cheap energy and Pollan wrote that cheap energy will disappear. He was wrong, seven years later cheep energy can still be counted on.
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Cheep food may be available because of subsidies to the farmers and the efficiency of factory farms but the abundance of fast food options is because of the free market. Fast food restaurants thrive because people want the food they offer, if they didn't, those restaurants would disappear. Fast food laced with fat and preservatives tastes good, and vegetables do not. He wrote that the school lunch program that serves unhealthy food to students, students are not required to eat the school lunch, parents have the option of sending their child to school with lunch. Pollan over emphasizes the importance of food as a national security issue. He wrote that in the in the several months preceding drafting the letter that more than 30 nations had experienced food riots, that caused one government to fall. He didn't offer more on those riots, and provided no evidence for a similar crisis happening in the United
Cheep food may be available because of subsidies to the farmers and the efficiency of factory farms but the abundance of fast food options is because of the free market. Fast food restaurants thrive because people want the food they offer, if they didn't, those restaurants would disappear. Fast food laced with fat and preservatives tastes good, and vegetables do not. He wrote that the school lunch program that serves unhealthy food to students, students are not required to eat the school lunch, parents have the option of sending their child to school with lunch. Pollan over emphasizes the importance of food as a national security issue. He wrote that in the in the several months preceding drafting the letter that more than 30 nations had experienced food riots, that caused one government to fall. He didn't offer more on those riots, and provided no evidence for a similar crisis happening in the United