The Pleasures Of Eating By Wendell Berry Analysis

In the article, “The Pleasures of Eating”, author Wendell Berry shares his knowledge of the food industry and discusses the act of eating as part of the agricultural process. Berry asks deep questions in his article that will make the readers question what they are putting into their homes and into their bodies. Most Americans, according to Berry, can be categorized as passive consumers that are basically allowing food industrialist to brainwash them by means of advertisement. He argues ,“They pay, mostly without protest, what they are charged” implying that the consumers do not even question what additional cost, such as transportation, might have added to the product .The article provides an interesting perspective on consuming food and Berry shares multiple ways that the passive consumer can become more educated on food. “The Pleasures of Eating” starts off by informing the reader that the author is obviously a professor and is more than knowledgeable on the subject matter. Berry references a question that is often asked of him “What can people do?” and uses this to begin his explanation of the deterioration of the agriculture process as he sees it. The author states multiple questions to the

Wendell Berry is obviously passionate on the subject and makes strong points about animal cruelty, processed food, chemicals, and buying locally grown food. As true as most of the information is in the article most people in our society don’t care about how they get the food as long as they get the food. Overall, this article stated facts and backed them up with sound knowledge but it does leave some to be desired. Although he has made valid points there was no solution to feeding a world with approximately 7 billion people. Everyone cannot grow their own food and someone has to provide all those people with food so we can