Pollan has some positions regarding the nature that the potato satisfies and its connection to politics, production and his personal life. His vision of the desire that the potato satisfies is compared to the idea of ​​the sublime. Pollan states that the sublime is “primarily a kind of holiday in both a literal and moral sense” (184) and that nature itself is at odds with this. Agriculture can be described as a method of controlling nature (in this case, specifically with genetics). Thus the potato (and its representative, the NewLeaf) are introduced as a manifestation of our desire for control. Pollan says his personal reasons for growing the potato aren't so much because he wants something from them, but rather it's an experiment to decide whether growing the NewLeaf potato is really worth it. In industry, Pollan says, there is a “long, complex and… largely invisible food chain that connects us to the land.” Genetic crops are an integral part of this chain according to Pollan, since a large amount of cultivated fields are genetically modified.Pollan...