Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser, is not only a look at the fast food industry in America but also the food industry as a whole. Mr. Schlosser examines everything from farming practices and agribusiness to the slaughtering and packaging of meat all the way to the restaurants and grocery stores where the food ends up being sold.
There are many facets to food production that the average American never thinks about, but should. His belief is that we all have a right to know where our food comes from and that we should all care enough to ask. The fast food industry was once a way for a small business to get affordable food to families quickly and relatively inexpensively. It has now turned into a machine that is not only here in our country but also abroad in hundreds of foreign countries.
This book also examines what the beef and meatpacking industries and the fast food restaurants have had to say for themselves over the years but I have to tell you that Mr. Schlosser makes very compelling arguments that those aforementioned industries have not been able to disprove. I recommend this book if you are open to changing what you eat and how you view the food industry that is supposed to be looking out for us!
