Food and Me, take two!

This personal essay has really helped me look deeper into the questions this course has brought up.  I have been reading the book The Omnivore's Dilemma and this book alone has had me thinking so much and asking myself so many questions, however in class discussion I find myself thinking of new questions every time we meet.  Due to all of these questions and different topics I have found this essay to be sort of difficult to write.  I have so many different ideas and ways I want to go with it that I feel as if it is becoming a complete ramble.  Although I am not used to writing ramble type of papers, because I usually write research papers and normally on pretty boring material, I think that for this assignment I will allow myself to ramble.  I'm becoming okay with rambling to an extent because when I consider the heading "food and me" my mind simply races now.  At the beginning of this course, especially our first blog post, I could only think of about two things to relate food to myself and my relationship with food, however now my eyes have been opened and I have read, heard, and seen so many different aspects of life that are affected by food.  
I think the main focus of my essay is addressing the concern I have with the food industry and what can be done to change some of the awful things that are happening, such as to the farmers, at slaughterhouses, and even at grocery stores.  I have really pondered Michael Pollan's question "What should we have for dinner?" and I have found not even a single answer but many theories leading to answers and more that lead to more questions similar to his.   

There is so much more I want to learn about the food industry and what we are putting in our bodies, I really believe that this is one of the most important topics I have ever had covered in a course before.  Not only is food something we need to survive, but on top of that it amazes me how it affects many other aspects of our lives such as the economy, the need for new vaccines because new bacteria is being introduced through foods, the environment which is being destroyed by these corporations, and even my future career as a dentist because what we eat affects our teeth and what can affect our teeth can certainly affect other parts of our bodies!

As you can see, I will probably ramble, it's too difficult to choose only one aspect only to discuss.  But since this is a personal essay and my personal mind is racing with

thoughts about this topic I think my ramble will be okay and hopefully it will really express everything that is on my mind now that I have learned so much.