I'd been eating fast food all my life without thinking about it. And the more I learned about the subject, the more intrigued I became.

There's also a growing trend toward having gardens in schools to literally show kids where food comes from by having them grow and prepare their own food. There's also a movement that's bringing farmers into schools and creating relationships between local farms and local cafeterias, so that instead of frozen mystery meat, you have fresh produce that's coming from the area that has a name and a face associated with it.

I think for real change to happen, it's going to have to come from the kids, the community, the teachers, the parents.

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.

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

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

Point of view is present in anything I write, but I really try to let the subject and facts speak for themselves.