Michael Pollan Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“For at the same time many people seem eager to extend the circle of our moral consideration to animals, in our factory farms and laboratories we are inflicting more suffering on more animals than at any time in history.”

“High-quality food is better for your health.”

“My work has also motivated me to put a lot of time into seeking out good food and to spend more money on it.”

“When you go to the grocery store, you find that the cheapest calories are the ones that are going to make you the fattest - the added sugars and fats in processed foods.”

“Fairness forces you - even when you're writing a piece highly critical of, say, genetically modified food, as I have done - to make sure you represent the other side as extensively and as accurately as you possibly can.”

“At home I serve the kind of food I know the story behind.”

“Perhaps more than any other, the food industry is very sensitive to consumer demand.”

“I have had the good fortune to see how my articles have directly benefited some farmers and helped build markets for their products in a way that preserves land from development. That makes me a hopeless optimist.”

“I mean, we're really making a quantum change in our relationship to the plant world with genetic modification.”

“Plus, I love comic writing. Nothing satisfies me more than finding a funny way to phrase something.”