During my school visits, I really enjoy the feedback I get from them much more than anything I might tell say to them.

The Golden Arches are now more widely recognized than the Christian cross.

Students can do experiments and investigate for themselves what's going on in restaurants, in our food system, and begin a process of learning.

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.

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.

A typical workday for me is getting up at about 5:00, 5:15 in the morning, getting some coffee or tea as quickly as possible, and then getting to my desk. And ideally, I'll start writing around 5:30, 5:45, and I'll write for three, four hours, and then I'll take a break, and read over what I write. Maybe about lunchtime, I'll go exercise or get out into the day. Then I'll either read over what I wrote the day before and quit work around 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon and spend some time with my kids.

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.