The Omnivore's Dilemma: Young Readers Edition

Although the content of the book by Michael Pollan was great, the fact that the first six pages of Chapter 12 stopped mid-sentence and then went to Chapter 15, only to stop mid-sentence in Chapter 17 and return to Chapter 15 (to continue to the end without interruption) was a bit frustrating. To say the least, Chapter 13 and 14 were never printed. Since this book did not come from the store's warehouse, but one of their affiliates, I couldn't return the book to get my money back. I did read the book in its entirety, but had to go to the library to check it out, and yes, the book was a complete edition.

Does more to scare kids than educate. My son and his cousin now are afraid to eat certain things because they are not sure what is OK to eat. It's created a nightmare for my wife and I. Don't buy it if you want to eat like a normal human being and not like a rabbit.

Thank you to AudioBookSync.com for gifting this audiobook to me through its summer program. What an amazing adventure!

I truly enjoyed listening to this book. I learned so many wonderful facts about the "food chain" for humanity, about industrial farming, and about good quality food in general. I learned how to think about the food I'm eating every day and how I can make a difference every day in the food choices I make for myself and my family.

With illness of all sorts on the rise - like diabetes, heart disease, and cancer - it is really important the we take control of our meals and make careful decisions as to the food we eat every day.

This book really convinced me that eating organic food is critical, that eating grass fed meats is truly priceless, and that buying from local sustainable farms is really important for my family, the local economy, and the environment.

Wonderful learning adventure. I highly recommend this book to everyone of all ages. If you are interested in eating better and healthier, then this book is a must read.

Happy Reading!

“Cheapness and ignorance are mutually reinforcing. And it's a short way from not knowing who's at the other end of your food chain to not caring - to the carelessness of both producers and consumers.”

This book was the Young adult version that I received through the summer sync program as an audiobook. The premise of the book was to take you through what we eat, how it is grown and how it is processed for us to eat.

This is not a preachy book like some I have read before. Mr. Pollan leaves it up to you to make up your mind if it is okay for most foods to have some form of corn in them. So much of processing food comes from corn, corn oil or high fructose corn oil. Our fertilizers are made from it, our animals are fed it, and everything we eat has corn in it.

I learned a lot from this book, but to me the most interesting item was to find that Organic Chickens are not treated any better than industrial Chicken. They are kept in tiny cages for their first 12 weeks and then they unlock the door. Mr. Pollan points out that by the time a chicken is 12 weeks old, they do not know enough to go through the door and therefore stay inside the same cage that an industrial Chicken uses.

It is hard work to eat food that you grow or buy direct from a farm. If you can do this, your food will taste better and it will be higher in nutrition. That is the bottom line. We should be allowed to know what is in our food and just because a chicken is named Rosie does not mean it has a better life than the unnamed chicken.

It was an interesting read and I liked it even though I do not normally like self-help type books, this one was unbiased and thoroughly researched

The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat, Young Readers Edition
I accidentally borrowed (for Kindle) the "Young Readers" version of this book, but it strikes me as odd that it's a "Young Readers" version since I don't know anyone under 21 who would want to read it, or see the pictures in it of slaughtered animals and read about how that works. The Young Readers version also contains some handy insets that help define terms and provide supplementary information. My wife checked out the original version and had to look up words in the dictionary just to get through the Preface, so I don't regret reading this one.

Having read a sequel to this book, In Defense of Food, I was eager to read this one. I am glad that I read the sequel first, actually. Pollan is on a mission to find out where our food comes from and if it matters. He sets out to make four different meals: A modern meal (from the industrial food chain), an organic meal (which he finds out also comes from the industrial food chain), a local sustainable meal, and a hunter-gatherer meal.

The first few pages grab your attention. Pollan buys his own head of cattle and follows it to the feed lot. He spends time on a modern American corn farm and explains all the ways in which our heavily-subsidized corn affects everything else in the food chain. It requires using modified corn for which the seed has to be bought new from the manufacturer every year. It requires using a ton of nitrogen fertilizer that runs into watersheds and destroys them. It creates a whole class of farmers that would not survive without government subsidies. It takes more energy to produce the corn-based food we buy than what is in the food itself. This is truly modern innovation.

"Maltodextrin? Monosodium glutamate? Ascorbic acid? What are those things? What about lecithin and mono-, di-, and triglycerides? They are all made from corn...Even the citric acid that keeps the nugget “fresh” is made from corn... (H)alf the income of America’s corn farmers comes from government checks. It is these government checks, or subsidies, that keep corn and soybean prices low...Your soft drink or hamburger may be cheaper, but that’s because taxpayers have already paid for part of it...A box of cereal contains four cents worth of corn (or some other grain). Yet that box will sell for close to four dollars."
(For every dollar spent on food, only about 8 cents of it goes to the farmers.)

"How much of the carbon in the various McDonald’s menu items came from corn? In order from most corny to least, this is how the laboratory measured our meal: Soda (100 percent corn) Milk shake (78 percent) Salad dressing (65 percent) Chicken nuggets (56 percent) Cheeseburger (52 percent) French fries (23 percent)."

The corn-fed cattle that are slaughtered may meet their demise more humanely thanks to Temple Grandin's work, but they will not contain the Omega 3's and Omega 6's than a grass-fed cow will.
"The typoe of animal you eat may matter less than what the animal you're eating has itself eaten."

Pollan finds that due to increased demand for "organic," the organic markets have also achieved economies of scale by becoming heavily industrialized and are owned by a few large firms. The only thing that makes the food "organic" is that no pesticides were used in the process. An "organic" cow is one fed with corn that was not grown with pesticides. So, better for the environment but perhaps only marginally more healthy.

Pollan then works on a "locally sustainable" farm for a week. The farmer has worked to rehabilitate the land over the years. Cattle graze on grass, and are followed in the same spot by the chickens who pick through the cow patties and leave their own droppings to fertilize the grass to grow again. The animals are slaughtered in open-air facilities for all to see. Chickens don't die at the high rate (10%) they do on industrial farms. They are tastier and healthier, but all of the meat and produce are available seasonally. The food is sold only locally, compared to the average 1,500 miles the rest of our food travels to get to our plates.

"We have forgotten that meats used to be as seasonal as fruits and vegetables...If local food chains are going to succeed, customers will have to get used to eating that way again."

For the last meal, Pollan had to get a hunting license, and rely on the help of experts to help him find wild game and mushrooms-- plus his own garden and fruit trees found locally. It was the much harder meal to make, but the one that put him closest in touch with his food. The sheer effort -- months-- it took to put together that meal gives the reader pause.

I enjoyed this book and learned a lot about the food chain. For the last year, I have vowed to live "low on the food chain" on a mainly plant-based diet. I will also only eat meat if I know where it came from. After reading this book, my convictions are reinforced. I think Christians need to work out a theology of food and agriculture. If my friend Lucas is reading this, he is probably cringing at how late I was to figure that out. Some of the details are a little much, but it's still an easy read. 4 stars out of 5.

"I don’t want to have to forage every meal. Most people don’t want to learn to garden or hunt. But we can change the way we make and get our food so that it becomes food again—something that feeds our bodies and our souls. Imagine it: Every meal would connect us to the joy of living and the wonder of nature. Every meal would be like saying grace."

I recently purchased this "Young Readers Edition," for our high school library. The "for kids" label here is a bit misleading, as I believe the best audience for this book is grades 7-12, as well as adults (like me). After I started reading this, I discovered that our agriculture sciences teacher hopes to make this required reading for one of her classes next year.

I "devoured" this book (pun intended). I found it to be a very readable introduction into where our food comes from. I personally have been trying to avoid corn products for years, just because I could sense something wrong in my body every time I ate them, but this book helped to explain why.

I like Pollan's style in the way he does research and the way he makes this book a personal journey through the world of food. He interviews farmers, works on a sustainable farm, goes hunting and gathering, and he grows his own. After reading this book the word "sustainable" finally makes sense to me in the way he describes the operation at Polyface Farms.

I will be recommending this book to any of our students who interested in food or agriculture. But if you are an adult who hasn't read the full version, go ahead and read this one. You'll be glad you did.

I read this book as a recommendation from my science teacher, and I loved it! This book completely changed my family's food lifestyle. I would like to say that the author did seem to be a bit repretative in the beginning, but it still gave a great and very important message to all of the people out there who follow the modern culture of eating fast food very often and rarely cooking their dinners from scratch, and even if they do eat homemade items, it is not made with natural, organic, local ingredients. I think everyone out there should take some time to read this book, whether they like it or not, so everyone can be aware of their effect on their world. It isn't too hard to read either, it is great for kids around 10-11 or older, and even for adults who dont like complicated books like "Silent Spring".

As a child's introduction to the "The Secrets Behind What You Eat," this adaptation serves a useful purpose. However, it resembles only vaguely the original title and lacks Pollan's deft phrasing. "Look Inside" both versions before purchasing.

For example, Chapter 1
Original: "Corn's Conquest" http://www.the store.com/Omnivores-Dilemma-Natural-History-Meals/dp/0143038583/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=#reader_0143038583. "Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescent tubes, the American supermarket doesn't present itself as having very much to do with Nature. . . ."

Adapted: "How Corn Took Over America." "The average supermarket doesn't seem much like a field of corn. . . ."

A very eye-opening look at the industrial food system today, written in easy-to-understand language for young readers. Wish Young Readers Editions were available for some of Michael Pollan's other books, like Cooked and In Defense of Food. I like that the book isn't pushing us to become vegetarian/vegan, but rather presents the facts and allows us to digest this information and think for ourselves. However your child probably shouldn't read it if they are easily grossed out or disturbed or are very sensitive.

The Omnivore's Dilemma (Young Readers Edition), provides a VERY informative peek into the food industry in the United States today.

What you will find: Pesticides that are poisoning our soil, water and air. Additives and preservatives that are flat-out ruining our health. Animal cruelty so awful, (and preventable), that I don't know how some business owners sleep at night. And for what? Bigger profits and more money for a few at the great expense of others.

This isn't a book of scare tactics. It's not a gross-out book with graphic pics that would traumatize a young person. The idea here is to think twice about your food -- its origins and its impact on your health and the environment -- and make good choices accordingly.

What I like about this book is that you are given practical alternatives to buying into the industrial food system. Find local farms that provide their livestock with cruelty-free care, buy organic, shop at farmer's markets, buy locally, garden, avoid high fructose corn syrup in your diet.

There is so much information in this book and it is written in a way that is very readable. I wouldn't call it so much entertaining as eye-opening.

In the end, our family will make changes in where we shop and how we eat based on the information in this book.

The young readers edition of "The Omnivore's Dilemma" offers a descriptive look at what Americans are truly consuming, in an easy to read and interesting way. Although the book is technically aimed for young readers, its content would be suitable for middle school and older. The book looks at 4 different types of food, and the preparation each type needs. Beginning with the industrial meal, Pollen introduces the fact that corn has taken over the American diet. Whether we are consuming corn through high fructose corn syrup, the many corn based ingredients secretly stuffed into products, or through consumption of meat that has been unnaturally fed with corn, it is no doubt that corn products are abundant in these processed type of foods. Processed food also fills our bodies with chemicals, pesticides, and unnatural amounts of CORN! Part two of the book discusses the Industrial Organic Meal, and the preparation that goes into labeling a meal "organic," while processing such food on a large scale. The third section focuses on the local sustainable foods/way of life. This section was the hardest to read because it discusses the slaughtering of animals and the horrid conditions animals live in when in large factories. This section was pointing out the difference between the large and small, local sustainable farms, however. The fourth section of the book was the Do-It- yourself section which again was hard to read about hunting, but the gardening and gathering was difficult yet rewarding for Pollen. The final sections of the book discuss aftermath, responses Pollen has received about his book, and tips on how to eat for an "ominivore's solution".
Through the reading of this book, I have become more aware of every little thing I eat. It made it hard to continue reading the book, because I became so aware of what I was putting into my mouth that it was affecting my spending and my conscious! It takes much more energy, time, thought, and money to think about what you are eating and make the decision to eat the right thing. How simple is it to go through a drive through at any time of the day or night and order a full meal for 5 dollars? Piece of cake! How easy is it to plan every ingredient in a home cooked meal, go to farmers markets, buy ingredients, chop, prepare, grow your own vegetables, grow your own meat (you get the idea)? It's difficult! But what are the consequences of each on your body, on your mind? Knowing that a cow or a chicken had to suffer through a miserable and be killed so that I may have a quick bite to eat makes me sick to my stomach.
After seeing a certain movie I became a vegetarian for close to two years, eating no meat whatsoever. About a year ago, however, I gave in to the ease of eating meat once again but have since always felt a pang of guilt for the animals sake. yet, after reading this book, I was able to determine that there truly exist farms and places where the animals are treated with respect, fed what they should eat in nature, and are killed in the most humane of ways. These type of farms, local sustainable farms, should be greatly respected for their ability to diminish animal cruelty.
The Omnivore's Dilemma is an informative look at the dilemma everyone who eats food should consider. You decide what you eat so it's important to ultimately know the facts about these decisions that immensely affect your life. Reading this book with children, as well as informing our youth that they have a decision about their daily food intake is important. Although many of the issues covered in this book are highly graphic, kids need to be aware of the junk they are consuming and the other options they have. Although parts of this book could be seen as offensive to children, at some point we need to introduce the idea that what they are eating came from another living being. This doesn't need to be done by showing any sort of visual, or even skipping over graphic parts of the text, but children can be food detectives and uncover hidden parts of their diet they may not wish to be eating! Overall, I found this to be an easy, informative book about a dilemma I didn't know was occurring in so many of my daily meals.

The "Young Readers Edition" of "Omnivore's Dilemma" is typically meant for the younger crowd, however even as an adult it really opened my eyes to a lot about the food we eat on a daily basis. When you purchase something at the grocery store you assume that everything is extremely regulated, without any hidden facts, right?
By reading this book you find out a lot about where your food comes from, how it's treated in the process, all about it. And this book does not only focus on meat, it also talks a lot about vegetables too! Before reading this book you might have the idea that it's all about promoting "no meat!" and being a vegan, but really it's about getting educated about what you're putting in your body. I was shocked about the amount of corn a person unknowingly eats on a daily basis, and its not only put into food but it's in other items such as diapers and batteries! Corn, corn, and more corn! It's so cheap for famers that they put it in pretty much everything. Also another thing that surprised me was how much our food is genetically modified from its original natural version. What do all those stickers on our food really mean? (Organic, free-range, no drugs or growth hormones used, etc) You might think that the easy solution to these unsavory situations is to just eat organically. However Michael Pollan points out that according to our government organic food only has to be 95% organic.
In the last part of the book Michael Pollan discusses Local sustainable food. This means that you choose to go local! You know where your food is coming from, how it's treated, and how it's processed. These animals and vegetables are grown and fed how they would be naturally. They are treated much better than animals in industrial factories. And they are processed in a very humane way. There are no factories; there is no mystery behind the food.
People every day choose to accept these situations. A lot of people choose to just ignore it, maybe because they don't understand it or maybe because they just don't care and they just want their food quick and cheap. Our food, the food we put in our bodies, usually at least 3 times a day, shouldn't be a mystery! It's important to be educated on this topic, I'm very glad I bought this book. I found it very interesting to take an "inside look" at the food we eat.

The everyday American struggles with one question day in and day out, and that question is "What should I eat?" We struggle with what is healthy for us, where should we get it from and many other questions. Unfortunately, we are never truly sure of the answers. The Omnivore's Dilemma taught me that there are foods that are good for us and other foods that are not. That while our society would like us to believe that what is stocked on our supermarkets shelves is good for us; this isn't always the case.
In Michael Pollan's novel, The Omnivore's Dilemma, he explores the different ways in which we can get food. He begins by exploring how the industrial food chain has influenced our nation's food system. For instance, did you know that McDonald's has 400 cows slaughtered every hour in order to keep up with the demand for their burgers? That's outrageous, isn't it? He also delves into how corn is in almost everything that we eat these days. Everything from our cereal in the morning to the chicken breast we eat for dinner to the batteries in our television remotes has corn in it. It's scary how much corn surrounds or daily eating habits.
Next, Pollan explores the industrial organic food chain. I was surprised to find out that organic food could be classified as industrialized, but it gets worse. It also surprised me that certain food can be labeled as organic, but are not totally organic. These foods only need to be 95% organic. Even more disappointing was that there are no restrictions on using the phrases "no drugs or growth hormones used", "free range", or "sustainably harvested". However, the industrial organic food chain is very helpful. It does help decrease the amount of pollution, and it has helped to educate us on what our food system has been able to get away with.
Pollan also explored the local sustainable food chain. If I weren't a college student, this is the part of the food industry that I would support and buy my food from. Here the animals are treated kindly, they are fed foods that they, by nature, are supposed to be eating, and then when they are slaughtered are done so in a human way. Another point that must be made about this section of the food industry is that the food is not only better for us, but it tastes better as well.
The last portion of the book tells about Pollan's experiences with hunting, gathering, and gardening your own food. This was a very interesting concept, because most people think that hunting a gathering was only done back when our grandparents' grandparents were alive, but in fact it is still done today, and more importantly, you can hunt, gather, and garden enough to actually live off of.
Overall, Pollan's book was very informative, and I enjoyed reading this novel immensely; however, I would not use this book in my classroom. I believe that while we should educate our students about the food industry and what they should and should not be eating, this book is a little too graphic when it comes to certain parts. For that and the level of difficulty, I would not read the book in it's entirety with my class, but I would read excerpts from the book to inform my students about what they are eating.

Omnivore's Dilemma is about the food we eat, where it comes from, and how it is raised. This book is in no way advocating for vegetarians; it is just about a man who wants you to know the whole truth about the food you eat. He breaks it into three sections for us, industrial food chain, organic food chain, and local sustainable food chain.

In the first section about the industrial food chain Michael Pollan talks about how our food is raised and delivered to us. He talks about everything from McDonald's to our government. The most outrageous part of the book to me was in this chapter. He tells us that corn is in almost everything we eat and even in things we do not eat. Pollan goes on to tell us that the government has been paying farmers to grow corn. The government will pay the farmers the extra money they need to break even.

The second section of the book, Organic Food Chain is about how organic food got started, and what it has become today. It goes into the government regulations that might be a little too lenient. For instance to be considered organic it only has to be 95% organic. A lot of the organic names we recognize are owned by big companies that are being looked at for mistreating animals they raise for food. I couldn't believe that even though the food is organic, they are made in big factories that put off pollution.

The Third section, Local Sustainable Food is about how to gather your own food. Whether by hunting or gardening, these are ways you can make sure your food is not filled with corn and pesticides. Yes, hunting and gardening is still done today. In fact my father in law and I hunt together. Gardening is becoming bigger and bigger, some schools have been creating school gardens, including inner city schools, they can be done almost anywhere.

After reading this book I have become more enlightened into the food industry and how America works. This was a very valuable book; I would recommend it to anyone. It was written for middle to high school age children, but it can be read by adults as well. It is an easy read filled with a wealth of information. This book will amaze you and startle you at the same time, it's a must read.

Several years ago, as I sat and watched Oprah hold yet another show on dieting and losing weight, something occured to me. We had more than an obesity problem in our nation, it was an epidemic and it was no accident. The diet industry is a multi-billion dollar industry. If I was one of the the money hungry industrial powers, I would do whatever I could to keep it going as well. While reading through the Omivores Delimma I learned just how our industrial food chain effects us, the farmers, and the animals.

Look at anything in this country that doesn't seem quite right. I can almost garuntee that money is the root to it. This book opens the readers eyes to the fact that corn is jammed into almost everything! It is even in batteries and diapers. It is in the feed given to the animals. It makes the animals fatter and it has been genetically modified. Farmers are forced to grow thousands of pounds of it because it is so cheap.If we think of what it does to the animals it is quite clear what it does to us. This book really digs in and lets the reader know the truth about what they are putting in their mouth. The reason that that tomato is red, the chemical that is in that chicken nugget, the toxic chemicial that used to be cow manure.

The second part of the book tells the reader about the industrial organic meal and the truth behind food labeled "organic".There is a huge organic movement in this country. We all believe that if we eat organic than we will be spared from the somewhat shady practices of the industrial food industry. This book however teaches the reader where they can find true organic food and why some industrial organic is just as bad as the alternative. In the end the reader will wish that they have the time to explore hunting and gathering or grow their own farm.It simply isn't a practical thing so it is good to be aware so that you can make the most informed decisions about what you put in your body.

Pollen doesn't want the reader to stop eating. He wants the reader to be informed about the realities of our food industry. The author eats meat, he even went to Mcdonalds in the book for dinner.One of the biggest reason's that childhood obesity is at an all time high is the lack of education. Children and adults are ignorant to what they are really eating. This would be an excellent book for a parent or teacher to incorporate into an intermediate and middle or high school curriculum. What I particularly like about the book is that you do not need to read it in order. A teacher can take parts or passages from the book and use it for several different activities. This will allow for educators to sensor the book while still using it for what it's worth.

This young readers edition is a very easy read for adults. I think that children 9 and up will do well with this book. The book is entertaining. The author speaks with a intruiging tone and unleashes fact after fact. It will defintely change a child's perspective on the things that they eat. The book may be graphic which is why adult should pre-read before offering it to their children. It is to important of a topic to be ignored. This book would be a great choice as an example of pollution and how the choices some people make not only affects our bodies but our environment. This book teaches children that every little thing effects the planet, even the things that we support by consuming them. This book can inspire children to make social changes. Children are smarter than we think and when we give them the opportunity to suggest change it is amazing what they can come up with!

I enjoyed reading this book. It opened my eyes and proved that we can be more than simple pawns in the procees. We can have a choice and we can know the realties of the food industry . I would recommend this book to both teachers and students.

Humans are special. Other organisms, such as lions or wolves, eat only one specific food as a main source of energy. For lions, they have warthogs and zebras. For wolves, they have moose. Humans are different. Across the hundreds of countries on earth, humans from all around the world enjoy eating things from lettuce to lamb, from carrots to crickets. We are not just omnivores, we have the most diverse eating habits of any living thing. (unless aliens exist and they eat some crazy stuff).

The nonfiction book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Michael Pollan, tells the situation of modern human diet compared to a natural, "how it was supposed to be" diet. The great use of shocking facts and evidence provides constant interest for the reader. Pollan travels from farm to farm, from factory to factory, in search of the truth in our food today.

The author goes from telling the reader about our modern diet and sources of our food to developing a project for himself to create an all natural meal that he sourced, picked, planted, found, or hunted all by himself. His struggles and successes are documented in these chapters, and the reader experiences them with Pollan.

The first half of the book is written in an informative form, with graphs and charts to further explain the author’s points. The second half gives the reader insight on Pollan’s journey to an all natural meal and explains the people he met and the challenges he faced.

Pollan doesn’t write like the others. Compared to Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation, Pollan isn’t fueled by fury, or take a strong stance behind being agricultural and eating whole foods. Pollan creates a friendly tone between reader and writer, as if he was a friend that hasn’t stayed in contact since college.

In conclusion, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, is a book to enjoy. Pollan creates a smooth reading experience for every reader, keeping them interested with facts and visuals. We are all human, and in our modern world, the secrets of our diet are kept hidden. The Omnivore’s Dilemma is a book we can all learn something from.

Great Book! Makes you think about what you're eating and makes you understand the plight of our farmers as well! After you read this, you will want to seek out the grass farmer, have a somewhat skeptical outlook on organic produce, and want to grow your own garden. For those who already do this, you will truly appreciate the fruits of your labor.

This book was really great. Recently, I have been really wondering about where the food I eat comes from and I decided to investigate by reading this book for my AP Language and Composition class. I learned so much about the food industry and how our food is made. I got a chance to see some things that the average food comsumer wouldn't normally see. The four sections that the book is divided into take the reader on a journey throughthe four differnt types of food life styles an omnivore can go through. Each provide an inside look into the ins and outs of each choice. This book was overal a great way to learn about the food we eat and very entertaining.

I encourage people to read this book if you truly want to know what your eating. Micheal Pollan did a Great job in being a descriptive writer when talking about his experiences with the industrial, industrial organic, organic, and beyond organic food systems. He is a rational thinker in the way he explains his opinions. I wont say anymore. Just read it!

The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat Young Readers Edition is a book that will get you to think about how are you eating correctly or healthy. The author Michael Pollan who is a journalist had the point view as a worker on the farm. Michael Pollan was very curious in this book and he discusses his experiences on the farm, and discusses food that is unhealthy for us and describes the agriculture business market. I enjoyed this book because it informed me of what is the process of the food that is being eaten.

i read this book for english class, and was fascinated with the facts it shared with me. i learned many new things about food, and the ingredients behind it. i would suggest this book to any and everyone, it is deffiantly worth your time and will give you much information about the foods you consume on a daily baisis!!

I really liked this book alot. Pollan breaks down eating in the US in a manner thats easy to understand, informative but not preachy. I think anyone who is very health conscious or wants to be should read this. Looking forward to reading In Defense of Food.

Yep...corn; yep...more corn; yep...even more corn; yep...processed corn, corn syrup, corn fed cows, corn fed pigs, corn corn corn. If this review is boring you, imagine page after page after page after page of blah, blah, blah, corn, corn, corn. I stopped reading. I have heard that he also blathers on about beef. Who knows what else is in the book? I do know that life is too short for the blather printed in this book.

I previously read the adult version of this book and really enjoyed it. When I saw this I thougth I would give it a try. I have to say that this book is not only easy to underdstand, it also gives me more insight into the book. Love this book, and would suggest everybody read it.

Excellent learning about your food intake. This book should be read by everybody and we need to go back to basics. No more commercial
food and so people will be healthier and away from sickness and the Health System.

Just FYI, I saw Michael Pollan in an interview today and he said the target age is 8 to 12 years old. I just ordered this so I have not read it yet, but I read the adult version and thoroughly enjoyed it and am excited about sharing this version with my kids.

Michael Pollan has no credentials in which to write about nutrition. He is a journalist with a curiosity, who wrote a book from a one sided point of view. The slaughtering depictions are far too graphic for young children, and the only difference between the adult and young reader's versions are words to help younger readers understand. The content remains the same. I will not allow my child to read such a book. Rather, I teach good nutrition through common sense and good choices.