"The Omnivore's Delusion" and "Real Food, Real Farming"

"The Omnivore's Delusion" by Blake Hurt and "Real Food, Real Farming" by Eliot Coleman show two sides and opinions on agriculture. Blake Hurt explains that farming is the way it is because of the consumers. Factory farming is necessary in this economy-- you can't expect farming to continue how it was in the1950s. Coleman argues that farming needs to become fully organic and animals need to be treated correctly when I think that that's verging on impossible. 

Don't get me wrong, I would love if all of our food options were free range, organic poultry, meat, and produce but it won't happen. The way our food industry is now we won't ever be able to turn back unless something huge changes. In my opinion I wish that the "invention" of food products wasn't a concept at all. How great would it be if there were never any Twinkies or Oreos; what even are those? Just chemicals mixed together and the whole world has bought into the idea that this is okay. Yes, of course I eat those mixtures of who-knows-what but if they were never an option I can't say I'd miss them. I've recently had the opportunity to eat completely organic, straight from the garden food and the taste is so different and delightfully tasty it really blows my mind about the ingredients farmers make our food with.