A very controversial topic that also came up in the section about agriculture and the economy was the horrible treatment of the workers that have to work in these inhumane conditions. "Problems like these- huge sewage lagoons, miserable animals, abused workers, vulnerability to sabotage and to salmonella- are not, perhaps, inherent problems. You could envision a huge global food system that was willing to trade a little efficiency for slightly more humane working conditions or slightly better sewage treatment" (McKibben 62). Like McKibben said though these conditions can not be changed without completely changing the whole system of how our agriculture works.
When I read this section of the book, I immediately related it to the book Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser. In the book Schlosser also writes a lot about the poor inhumane working conditions that some people have to go through when working for large companies. Overall I found that this part of the novel could be related and compared to many other books such as Fast Food Nation.
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