The problem is that we let special-occasion food become everyday food. That goes for soda and french fries.

If you're a politician it's very useful to say that we can have economic growth and at the same time green the economy, but writers just have to face up to the fact that there are some fundamental tensions between the economic order and the biological order.

In 2008, a year of supposed 'food crisis', we grew enough food to feed 11 billion people. Most of it was not eaten by humans as food, however.

The banquet is in the first bite.

Eating is a political act.

Avoid food products with more than five ingredients; with ingredients you can't pronounce.

If you're going to change the food system, there is a lot that you, the consumer, can do on your own; but in the end, it will be very important to make changes at the national level.