There are fundamental tensions between the biological reality of the planet and the economic reality. To some extent you can adapt the economy, create a new set of rules and incentives to send it down a better track, but finally people in the first world are going to have to consume a whole lot less.

There is nothing wrong with special occasion foods, as long as every day is not a special occasion.

Lawns are a form of television

A growing body of research suggests that many of the health problems associated with eating beef are really problems with corn-fed beef.

High-quality food is better for your health.

It's very important to get out, to do reporting. It's also really interesting. I come at it as a journalist, and I think that's helped me, and I come at it as someone who sees nature wherever he looks, and that helps.

Yes, I very much like to have a personal stake in what I’m writing about.