The United States now has more prison inmates than full-time farmers.

We can have Americans eating affordably and eating in a way that's sustainable.

Kids have no idea when they're drinking soda what they're really drinking, and a lot of them are stunned when they learn that drinking a Big Gulp is like taking a big jar of sugar and just pouring it down. There are 50 teaspoons of sugar in a 64-ounce Big Gulp.

As a matter of fact, most cases of food poisoning are never linked back to their source.

If the market does indeed embody the sum of all human wishes, then the secret ones are just as important as the ones that are openly displayed.

What we eat has changed more in the last 40 years than in the previous 40,000. The survival of the current food system depends upon widespread ignorance of how it really operates.

Years ago when I got stuck, I'd start twirling my hair. That's not possible anymore. I can't prove the relationship between writing and hair loss, but I think I pulled out a fair amount trying to work on certain sentences.