In chapter 9 of Omnivore’s Dilemma, the main topic of this chapter was about having foods labeled “organic”, “free ranging” or “not injected with growth hormones”. I thought this chapter was very interesting and got me to think. What makes a meat from a box that says “free ranging” more expensive than just a box of meat from a store like Safeway or Wal-Mart. In my opinion you can’t really tell the difference between one thing that has a label of “free ranging” and one that does not have that label. I think that companies are manipulating society with words such as organic to make us believe that it is better for us and to make more profit for the company. If you look at it everything is labeled something different to make it more expensive. For example designer clothes are more expensive because of the name that is on the clothing and I think that it goes for the food industry also. Instead of having the name of a person it is the name of something that is supposedly good for you.
I am not saying that buying organic foods or things in that nature is bad and it is a waste of money, it is just that I can’t really believe in what companies have to say. I have had prior information in high school in my nutrition class where we talked about products having the label “organic” and how the producer has to follow certain guidelines to put the name on the product along with paying a fee. But who is regulating this process? How does one know if it is truly organic? In a society full of lies no one can be trusted especially the food companies that are out to take your money.
Welford, Win, SUPERMARKET SEMANTICS: The Rhetoric of Food Labeling and Advertising, ETC: A Review of General Semantics; Spring92, Vol. 49 Issue 1, p3-17, 15p
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