I feel it is an obligation to help people understand the relation of food to agriculture and the relationship of food to culture.

In terms of kids not liking the food, I am shocked. I know that it's not true. I know that when kids are not educated about healthy food, they have a resistance to it. The resistance comes, again, from the fast-food culture.

Change the food in the schools and we can influence how children think. Change the curriculum and teach them how to garden and how to cook and we can show that growing food and cooking and eating together give lasting richness, meaning, and beauty to our lives.

How we eat can change the world

Let things taste of what they are.

I do feel like food should cost more, because we aren't paying farmers a living wage. It has to cost more.

I have a love affair with tomatoes and corn. I remember them from my childhood. I only had them in the summer. They were extraordinary.