Cooking might be the most important factor in fixing our public health crisis. It's the single most important thing you can do for your health.

we ask for too much salvation by legislation. All we need to do is empower individuals with the right philosophy and the right information to opt out en masse. (quoting Joel Salatin)

Avoid foods you see advertised on television.

I'm very hopeful that we'll see some change in our food system. I don't know how far we'll go, or how quickly we'll get there, but there is no question that a significant percentage of the American public is dissatisfied with the food system.

If you're cooking food, you don't have to count calories.

It's more important that you eat vegetables, even if they are conventional -- I'm talking about for your health -- then it is until you wait until you can afford organic, or you can find organic.

We all have different priorities. There's no one single set of ethical rules.