...think of agriculture as something the grasses did to people to conquer the trees.

I realize that at a certain point if we're going to change our food system, it's going to be the next generation that's going to be critical. This generation is very interested in food issues, very concerned about things like animal welfare and the impact of the food system on the environment.

Don't eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize as food. Don't eat anything with more than five ingredients, or ingredients you can't pronounce.

When you go to the grocery store, you find that the cheapest calories are the ones that are going to make you the fattest - the added sugars and fats in processed foods.

I still think we have a long way to go on rebuilding a culture of cooking. Everyday simple cooking.

Of the seven deadly sins, surely it is pride that most commonly afflicts the gardener.

If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don't.