“People in Slow Food understand that food is an environmental issue.”

“At home I serve the kind of food I know the story behind.”

“Fairness forces you - even when you're writing a piece highly critical of, say, genetically modified food, as I have done - to make sure you represent the other side as extensively and as accurately as you possibly can.”

“Corn is an efficient way to get energy calories off the land and soybeans are an efficient way of getting protein off the land, so we've designed a food system that produces a lot of cheap corn and soybeans resulting in a lot of cheap fast food.”

“My work has also motivated me to put a lot of time into seeking out good food and to spend more money on it.”

“Perhaps more than any other, the food industry is very sensitive to consumer demand.”

“In addition to contributing to erosion, pollution, food poisoning, and the dead zone, corn requires huge amounts of fossil fuel - it takes a half gallon of fossil fuel to produce a bushel of corn.”

“High-quality food is better for your health.”

“The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on, rather than to their supposed antagonisms.”