For our Zine we are reading The Omnivore's Dilemma By Michael Pollan. In the book we learned that corn is a basic ingredient for almost everything we eat, to the cereal we have for breakfast, to the Big Mac you get on special occasions.
To say this book is “fun to read” is putting it on a pedestal. Yea, some parts are not as bland as the uncooked rice bag but… it is still like reading a documentary spaced out into 411 pages that take longer to read then binge watching all of the Harry Potter movies all at once.
In the first of seven chapters that we read of the book, we learned about corn and how it was introduced to the human diet thousands of years ago. When corn was first getting developed it “was like a snail”, but once Christopher Columbus “found it” from the native Americans it “blew up” (Not really, meaning that it blew up. It just became more popular and well known.)
In the chapters between two and seven it talks about how in the “modern times” people have created new ways to consume corn to feed animals and even humans. This is cool because it doesn’t only talk about the product (corn) with the animals, but talks about how it is involved with our everyday lives.
Another interesting part that we thought was satisfying was when it was talking about the amount of children that eat fast food everyday. It switches up the topic a little with corn, but also ties in with the aspect of the book and also our site.
Overall, the book has a very interesting and educational learning purpose. Although some parts aren’t the best, it is every educational and hopefully someday we will be able to relate to this book somehow or in some way.
To say this book is “fun to read” is putting it on a pedestal. Yea, some parts are not as bland as the uncooked rice bag but… it is still like reading a documentary spaced out into 411 pages that take longer to read then binge watching all of the Harry Potter movies all at once.
In the first of seven chapters that we read of the book, we learned about corn and how it was introduced to the human diet thousands of years ago. When corn was first getting developed it “was like a snail”, but once Christopher Columbus “found it” from the native Americans it “blew up” (Not really, meaning that it blew up. It just became more popular and well known.)
In the chapters between two and seven it talks about how in the “modern times” people have created new ways to consume corn to feed animals and even humans. This is cool because it doesn’t only talk about the product (corn) with the animals, but talks about how it is involved with our everyday lives.
Another interesting part that we thought was satisfying was when it was talking about the amount of children that eat fast food everyday. It switches up the topic a little with corn, but also ties in with the aspect of the book and also our site.
Overall, the book has a very interesting and educational learning purpose. Although some parts aren’t the best, it is every educational and hopefully someday we will be able to relate to this book somehow or in some way.