1/31/10 - Organically Processed

In Omnivore’s Dilemma, the mystery of organic food is revealed as Michael Pollan sought to uncover the truth in just how “organic” our food really is. In most stores is where people will most likely find food that are claim to be “organic” and unprocessed. In defense of these manufactures, how well can you really preserve food well enough to pass the USDA test and keep them fresh? Today, as food chains and health problems increases, people sought for alternatives. Consumers would spend a bit more for food that was labeled as “fresh”, “chemical free” or “organic”.

Perhaps it is a placebo effect that’s really changing us; since most of the products that are organically made are only different from other products by a slight bit. To protect their own interest and investment, farmers that goes as far as to “organically” preserve their farm by occasionally let their animal graze in pastures, but other than that it is just cooping them up inside with hundreds of other animals. On the other side, some took the stand to grow their own food and animals the traditional way, fighting the industrialized system. They hope to revolutionize the way our food are produced and practically our whole economy and ways of life. Despite the difficulty manufacture may encounter to please consumers, perhaps using the word organic was too much. People still somewhat believed in the Agrarian way of growing crops and raising animals. With advertisements claiming that their cow lived stress-free and crops that don’t contain the least bit of chemical is a far stretch from the truth.