Until reading Wendell Berry, I never thought so precisely about the possible toxicity of the food I was consuming. Sure, I thought about if the ingredients were healthy and wondered why there were so many weird names in one can of soup. I still ate the soup anyway, though, and hoped for the best. Now, after seeing documentaries on the food industry and reading about it it’s safe to say that what we think is healthy is far from it. We are tricked into thinking these foods are good for us and lack Trans fats and other harmful things, but in reality they are no safer than the bottom of our shoes. It almost seems like there is nothing that can be done to change the food industry. It would take years to fix one thing and then there would be another issue that arises. We all want to eat organic and buy products not treated with chemicals, but not everyone can afford these fresh foods. It’s sad that a burger or a bag of chips is cheaper than a pound or more of broccoli. What has become of this country? Are Monsanto and other companies tricking people into thinking they care about our well being? I think so and they’re doing a great job at it. Even our government is attributing to this crisis and until we can get the people who run our country involved nothing substantial will be done to solve this huge problem.