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I do trust Pollan, but I'm not entirely sure why. It is probably because of all the evidence he brings to the table. He could write a whole other book with just his references and acknowledgments alone! It could also be the fact that he dedicated so much time into unearthing these hidden facts about organic food. Since he has so much evidence, I get the impression that he truly believes in his work, which in turn makes me believe him. This is probably pretty naive of me since plenty of people have written books on horrible subjects that they believed in. But his perseverance and fervent desire to reveal the hardcore facts make me trust him. I could be wrong in doing so, and its very possible that I should be more critical while reading these passages, but I can't help it. Pollan has turned me into a believer!

I have been a vegetarian for three years. This is mostly because I consider any meat to be, well, meat! Whether it's chicken or cow or dog or human, it's an animal to me. To eat any of those plainly creeps me out.
Pollan suggests that vegetarians don't understand how the natural world works, and though this doesn't offend me personally I keep thinking about the phrase "humanely slaughtered", because this is an oxymoron in my book! If Pollan were a cow, I guarantee you that he would not want to be slaughtered, no matter how "humane" it might sound.
 

Slaughter is slaughter is slaughter, no matter how many positive adjectives you place in front of it. Go vegetarians!