Some thoughts about Omnivore's Dilemma

- Is this book really a "natural history of four meals," or is it about something else?

- I read reviews of the book praising the author for handling the subject matter in a unbiased manner. Do you think the author was biased in any way? Why or why not?

- There was a long sidebar towards the end of the book about the ethics of eating meat. Did this section sway you at all, or cause you to reconsider your opinions on this matter?

- The author suggests the difference in cost between industrial and organic food could easily be absorbed if people simply chose to budget for it. He uses cell phones as an example of an expense that was once considered a luxury but is now common place. Is this a good analogy?

Here are websites of two companies he discusses in the book:

Joel Salatin's Polyface Farms: http://www.polyfacefarms.com/

Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM): one of the world's largest processors of corn and soybeans: http://www.admworld.com/naen/