Short description
Pollan writes about the ecology of the food humans eat and why--what it is, in fact, that we are eating. Discussing industrial farming, organic food, and what it is like to hunt and gather food, this is a surprisingly honest and self-aware account of the evolution of the modern diet.
Long description
The bestselling author of the Botany of Desire explores the ecology of eating to unveil why we consume what we consume in the 21st century.