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produced in the farms of Iowa where it has grown into an ordinary fast food consumed on car
highways like those in California.
Pollan investigates the origin of foods which leads to his disappointment; the
industrial foods are the same to the conventional foods in many ways. He goes ahead to
sample different foods from various outlets across America. First, he eats with his wife and
son from McDonald's as they drove in his car. Next, he tries the organic foods that he bought
t from one of the stores. He then tastes the natural chicken from Virginia and finally the
hunted feast that he sought for himself. All these led to Pollan concluding that the result of a
mean is of less importance than the process that the food goes through before getting to the
plate. In fact, he notes that nobody is likely to have an explanation of the source of the food
they consume. This fact is the reason he dedicates the first sections of his book to expound on
the most grown crop in America at the time, corn.
In 1892, maize came and colonized most of the American land making it one of most
successful plants stories in the world to date. Maize is, therefore, a hero in its story although
human beings helped in supporting its growth to dominate the world. It is wrong to believe
that humans have in the past been making the right decisions for the interests. Reasons exist
to show that maize has indeed succeeded in domesticating the human race.
Part II of the book ((Pastoral Grass) talks about the types of food growing chains that
exist in America. These chains are the large scale and small scale organic production. The
author also goes to show us the types of means produced at the end of each chain. Part 3 on
the other hand (Personal: The forest) talks about the lifestyle of hunting for personal
consumption.
