FL pgs. 183-218

This section of the reading focuses on what consumers can actually do to change the food industry today. Joel Salatin took a risky perspective, challenging consumers to actually take an activist approach to food consumption. He had four basic arguments: learn to cook, buy locally, buy what’s in season and plant a garden. Salatin focused his essay on a broad audience, to all American’s who want to make a change in the food industry. As a vegetarian, I was a little offended as he used to example of a vegetarian not knowing how to cook a burger. That is a product of one individual, needless to say, that is not true for all vegetarians. A meat eater most likely does not know how to cook vegetarian meals like eggplant and tofu, that does not mean they are unintelligent and under educated.
Eating Made Simply by Marion Nestle focused on the debate of calorie intake, obesity, dieting, organics, etc. I found this essay very informative because it is cut and dry and gets straight to the point. Nestle debates the effects of increased obesity in children and the effects of diets and single nutrients leading to diseases and cancer. This essay is creditable because Nestle has a background in nutrition, food studies, and public health. I felt her essay tended to the readers emotions or logos because she provides specific facts. Instead of saying what consumers need to do to change the food industry, she implies this fact through her writing. She uses facts and statistics that makes the reader want to change their diet. I would place bets on how many more people are affected by Nestle’s essay over Salatin. Personally, I would rather not be told what to do, I would like to make my own decisions based on my own findings and Nestle’s essay tends to that logic.