A Food & Wine story on the conversion of vegetarians with “ethical” meat has touched off some hostile reactions in the vegetarian and vegan communities.

i have just finished reading omnivore's dilemma and was inspired by the story of polyface farms in virginia. would love to locate an outfit in southern california who might raise poultry, pork, and beef with the same dedication...

I just finished THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA and I’m looking to try restaurants that use local vegetables and meats. Somehow sustainable food usually means vegetarianism, but I’m a big meat eater and I’m hoping for suggestions as to...

I was recently interested in Charlottesville cuisine not just because it’s the place where Thomas Jefferson grew the first U.S. broccoli, but also because the town’s restaurants serve as a throughput for Polyface...

: The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan. A fantastic, eye opening, dare I say life-changing read! http://www.buylocalpa.org/index.php?region=4 http://www.glensidefarmersmarket.org/ http://www.tussocksedgefarm.com/...

In 2006 I was partial to The Sweet Life by Kate Zuckerman and Michael Pollan’s Omnivore's Dilemma. What are other hounds' favorites?

I just finished this book a few weeks ago and I thought it was fantastic. My book club read Omnivore's Dilemma for November 07 and it left a bad taste in my mouth. I was insulted by someone in the room that night because they...

I love Michael Pollan’s books Botany of Desire and the Omnivore's Dilemma. The first is more about botany and the second more about the agriculture industry, but they are about food, too! The second one is waaay more about...

His book The Omnivore's Dilemma has a terrific chapter that’s available online in a .pdf (maybe at his Website?) that discusses in beautiful prose how so much in a supermarket is made of corn. Totally worth a browse even if...

Hi there Having just finished "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan, I feel the need to change some of my more questionable eating habits... and I was wondering if anyone could suggest a place that I could buy pasteured, or...

Thanks for the link. All Chowhounds should read Pollan’s "The Omnivore’s Dilemma". I think I am going to pre-order his "In Defense of Food: The Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of Eating." http

Chickens don’t eat grass. The color of the yolk has to do with the freshness of the egg. There are many stalls at the various greenmarkets that have eggs, some are fresher than others. In this "post-Omnivore's Dilemma world"...

Ever since reading Omnivore's Dilemma, I’ve been a big fan of grass fed/finished beef. That’s what we eat in our house 85% of the time. But finding it in a restaurant? That’s going to be tough. I think...

I am right there with you on this quest, only mine comes from reading Omnivore's Dilemma. I’ve been cooking a lot of grass-fed meat myself, which is readily available at the Union Square Farmer’s Market. Finding a...

I don’t know if this is exactly a “craving”, but recently I have both read "The Omnivore's Dilemma" and seen “Food, Inc”. I really want to avoid meat from the factory-type operations shown in the...