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.

People don't eat nutrients, they eat foods, and foods can behave very differently than the nutrients they contain.

Don't eat anything incapable of rotting.

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

The best farming systems are ones where animals and plants are put into a synergistic relationship.

This is part of human nature, the desire to change consciousness.

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.