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Omnivore's Dilemma By Michael Pollan

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Industrial food chain is all around us. At Mcdonald's , Jewel Osco. It also cheaper than most other food chains. Michael Pollan writes about industrial food chain in his book Omnivore's Dilemma.The industrial food chain, by contrast, feeds the most Americans and sends its food on the farthest journey the McDonald's cheeseburger, which Pollan chooses as his representative industrial meal, is eaten in California,The best food chain to feed American families is industrial food chain because cheaper, easier to get from almost anywhere, it continues what farmers are already doing.
One reason the industrial food chain is the best to feed a American family is because it is cheaper. In the book Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan talks about CAFOs, …show more content…

Research show that lots of fast food restaurants are industrial food chain and it is almost everywhere you go. “Fast food joints are notorious for supplying factory farmed meat at a low price, as well as other portions of the meal infused with excess sugar derived from industrially-farmed crops” (Study.com). All local fast food restaurants are selling cheap meat which causes everyone to buy because it’s so cheap and cheap is always better for business because you are saving money so it is so easy to get from anywhere. According to a study of the Economist, Mcdonald’s has “35,000 restaurants in 107 countries” (Economist.com). McDonald’s are all over the country and many people like Mcdonald's causing them to buy even more food from that fast food …show more content…

This means that if it is working so well for such a long time why not just continue Industrial food chain. Research also shows that “Fifty years ago, before the coming of giants, this country’s cows, pigs and poultry were mostly raised outdoors and sold, for whatever the spot market bore, at livestock auctions for cash”. this show meat is still being sold for cheap prices like it was 50 years ago. This also show why the industrial food chain is still going on now because of the price and the amount of restaurant and store that still use the industrial food

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