At the end of the day, yes. It's all about the marbling and maybe a few other things along the way. But intramuscular fat, that's where you get a lot of flavor. Fat carries the flavor but in the last 50 years it's been bred out of pigs. When American chicken exploded in the 70's and became such a huge commodity, it took away pork sales. The pork industry suffered and had to change.

At the end of the day, yes. It's all about the marbling and maybe a few other things along the way. But intramuscular fat, that's where you get a lot of flavor. Fat carries the flavor but in the last 50 years it's been bred out of pigs. When American chicken exploded in the 70's and became such a huge commodity, it took away pork sales. The pork industry suffered and had to change.

Clean plates don't lie.

Vegetables deplete soil. They're extractive. If soil has a bank account, vegetables make the largest withdrawals.

The history of food has never had a better biographer. Required reading for anyone who eats.

I'm not an environmentalist, or a doctor, or a nutritionist.

We're achieving better marbling and better flavor with old world wisdom that's been passed down for generations but we're still using technology.