Berry, W. (1990). The Pleasures of eating. In What are People for? North Point Press.
When reading the Pleasures of Eating by Wendell Berry, I could not agree more with him because I feel the same way, and think that I would be what he considers to be a “consumer” for the food. He states, “They buy what they want—or what they have been persuaded to want – within the limits of what they can get.” Basically, we do not question anything about the food to how it got to the shelf, and regardless we just purchase what is there for us. He mentions that our society has become passive, uncritical, and depended consumers. People today have been persuaded to want food that has already been prepared for them because they believe it to be more convenient and cheaper. Further on he makes a claim that the industrial eater is a victim because they no longer know eating as an agricultural act, and does not connect between the land and food. Today many Americans are so busy with their lives, that they loose the site of that, and find it easier to just trust what they hear from the advertisements and supermarkets without the time to question. Though as this issue continues to evolve, the food industry is not concerned with the quality or heath but only producing a higher amount at a lower cost. That leaves many negative effects to our society and also changes the way we eat. Then Wendell Berry gives a list of what people can do to eat more responsibly which in the end result people can enjoy their food more.
When reading the Pleasures of Eating by Wendell Berry, I could not agree more with him because I feel the same way, and think that I would be what he considers to be a “consumer” for the food. He states, “They buy what they want—or what they have been persuaded to want – within the limits of what they can get.” Basically, we do not question anything about the food to how it got to the shelf, and regardless we just purchase what is there for us. He mentions that our society has become passive, uncritical, and depended consumers. People today have been persuaded to want food that has already been prepared for them because they believe it to be more convenient and cheaper. Further on he makes a claim that the industrial eater is a victim because they no longer know eating as an agricultural act, and does not connect between the land and food. Today many Americans are so busy with their lives, that they loose the site of that, and find it easier to just trust what they hear from the advertisements and supermarkets without the time to question. Though as this issue continues to evolve, the food industry is not concerned with the quality or heath but only producing a higher amount at a lower cost. That leaves many negative effects to our society and also changes the way we eat. Then Wendell Berry gives a list of what people can do to eat more responsibly which in the end result people can enjoy their food more.
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