Pollan

I enjoyed Michael Pollan’s writing on the eating of animals. Seeing how a steak dinner is absolutely my favorite meal in the world, I was anxious to read how Pollan would describe his opinion. I felt as if he done a good job of relating to both sides to the reader. He wasn’t strictly for the vegetarian, but he didn’t play the role of the man’s man and not think twice about what he was eating or how it got there. Now, to go back to the vegetarians, I personally don’t have a problem with vegetarians but have found on more than one occasion they tend to be a little more radical on pushing their views onto someone….let me reiterate not all vegetarians. But I like the point Pollan makes when he says “the grain that the vegan eats is harvested with a combine that shreds field mice, while the farmer’s tractor wheel crushes woodchucks in their burrows and his pesticides drop songbirds from the sky.” Animals die either way. And while this is sad in a way it is what has to happen. While I’m guilty of not paying respect to every piece of cow I eat, I have come to terms with it. I am able to live with it. Growing up on a farm and surrounded with neighbors that have farms, I see how “lifeless” cows can be. That doesn’t mean I disrespected them by any means. When I was around, they always had grain and hay to eat and plenty of land to roam. It was just hard to get attached to them. With that being said, I don’t have a problem when Pollan suggests that we “eat them with the consciousness, ceremony, and respect they deserve.” After reading his article and taking a much more in depth look at the eating of animals, I would say that I agree with him.