As an investigative reporter, I'm trying to uncover things and expose them to create a dialogue.
Eric SchlosserFast food is inexpensive, convenient, and it tastes good. I'm all in favor of that. My problem is how heavily processed it is - how full of salt, fat, and sugar it is.
Eric SchlosserI went into the library and read about fast food and became amazed by all the stuff I didn't know. I learned that there is a whole world behind the counter that, it seemed to me, has been deliberately hidden from the public.
Eric SchlosserThe way we eat has changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous 10,000โฆ. Now our food is coming from enormous assembly lines where the animals and the workers are being abused, and the food has become much more dangerous in ways that are deliberately hidden from us. This isnโt just about what weโre eating. Itโs about what weโre allowed to say. What weโre allowed to know.
Eric Schlosser