You Know Now's video: The Omnivore s Dilemma SUMMARY - Michael Pollan - AP LANG

A 3-minutes summary of "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan. Review for your AP LANG essay or English Literature test or just a crash course for those who want to know more about the practical and moral implications of our modern eating habits. If you like the music in this video, download here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD9kjdzG52s MORE GREAT VIDEOS FROM US: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUJAbp27LUw (The Road Cormac McCarthy Symbolism) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kGgoN5gsUs (The Road, Cormac McCarthy Summary & Facts) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBMqupkA_1c (E.B. White, Once More to the Lake) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG1VfLs604M (The Crucible - Arthur Miller) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToaX8YI7mLE (The Crucible - Summary) Subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgMaQpOWbD5--rGouqgo5qw The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals is a nonfiction book by Michael Pollan published in 2006. In the book, Pollan asks the seemingly straightforward question of what we should have for dinner. As omnivores, the most unselective eaters, humans (as well as other omnivores) are faced with a wide variety of food choices, resulting in a dilemma. Pollan suggests that, prior to modern food preservation and transportation technologies, this particular dilemma was resolved primarily through cultural influences. These technologies have recreated the dilemma, by making available foods that were previously seasonal or regional. The relationship between food and society, once moderated by culture, now finds itself confused. To learn more about those choices, Pollan follows each of the food chains that sustain us; industrial food, organic food, and food we forage ourselves; from the source to a final meal, and in the process writes a critique of the American way of eating. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Omnivore%27s_Dilemma) About the Author of The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals: MICHAEL POLLAN is the author of six previous books, including Food Rules, In Defense of Food, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, and The Botany of Desire, all New York Times bestsellers. A longtime contributor to The New York Times Magazine, Pollan is the recipient of the James Beard Award and is also the Knight Professor of Journalism at Berkeley. In 2010, Time magazine named him one of the one hundred most influential people in the world. His most recent book, Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation, was published by The Penguin Press in April 2013. Royalty-free music in this video: Josh Woodward "She Dreams In Blue" Instrumental version Creative Commons Attribution. 40 http://www.joshwoodward.com/song/SheDreamsinBlue