Now that I know how supermarket meat is made, I regard eating it as a somewhat risky proposition. I know how those animals live and what's on their hides when they go to slaughter, so I don't buy industrial meat.

There's been progress toward seeing that nature and culture are not opposing terms, and that wilderness is not the only kind of landscape for environmentalists to concern themselves with.

The big journals and Nobel laureates are the equivalent of Congressional leaders in science journalism.

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

Avoid food products containing ingredients that a third-grader cannot pronounce.

The issue of snacking is complicated. In principle, "grazing" is probably a good idea. It would even out the insulin spikes and things like that from eating large meals. The problem is it makes it harder for people to control the amount they're eating.

The environment is not just around you, it's passing through you.