In this week's reading chapters, Pollan unfolds the manufacturing process of organic food. The major question in these chapters is--what is the definition of "organic?" Until now, there is no officially conclusive answer to this question.
The sharp contrast between the industrial organic food and management-intensive food may hint the answer. The industrial organic food manufacturers and retailers, such as the Whole Food, are actually transforming organics to whatever suits the industrial mass production mode. Relying heavily on transportation and mass production, the industrial organics actually violate people's original intention of even promoting organics. Thus, the phrase "industrial organics" itself sounds paradoxical.
On the other hand, the management-intensive food comprehensively involves the complex elements as nature does, thus leaving less polution behind and more healthy food. This farm management seems to require a lot of work, but after all, that's what a farmer is required to do.
After reading this week's assignment, I realize there's nothing bad to try the more laborious procedure. Taking the short cut everytime does not promise you the funnest and the most productive result.
