"People in Slow Food understand that food is an environmental issue." ― Michael Pollan Topic(s): Environmental More From Michael Pollan "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." "The Times has much less power than you think. I believe we attribute power to the media generally that it simply doesn’t have. It’s very convenient to blame the media, the same way we blame television for everything that’s going wrong in society." "Anyway, in my writing I’ve always been interested in finding places to stand, and I’ve found it very useful to have a direct experience of what I’m writing about." More In Environmental "A knowledgeable and courageous U.S. president could help enormously in leading the world’s nations toward saving the climate."― Donella Meadows "No one should be able to enter a wilderness by mechanical means."― Garrett Hardin "The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved."― Richard Rogers