Currently reading this book by Michael Pollan. Considering how important food is in our lives, not just for nourishment but as a past-time, art, and social underpinning, I thought it would be good to learn more about how food is brought from the farm to our dinner tables.

Some of the details are disturbing and you may never look at a hamburger the same again (some people might go vegetarian after reading this book) but nothing is really graphic or added for shock value. Pollan discusses subjects that you probably already know but just would rather not think about, like high-capacity feed lots, chemical fertilizers, hormone injected animals, etc. But it delves deeper into farms and crops and the agricultural business complex that controls what is available to us as consumers and the misinformation we're given by trusted federal regulators like the USDA.

Right now I'm reading the section about how high-priced mainstream "organic" foods aren't much better from the processed goods in the market.

Very interesting book, worth a read if you can stomach it.