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Michael Pollan
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"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."
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Michael Pollan
Topic(s):
Food
"Perhaps more than any other, the food industry is very sensitive to consumer demand."
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Michael Pollan
Topic(s):
Food
"Corn is an efficient way to get energy calories off the land and soybeans are an efficient way of getting protein off the land, so we’ve designed a food system that produces a lot of cheap corn and soybeans resulting in a lot of cheap fast food."
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Michael Pollan
Topic(s):
Food
"At home I serve the kind of food I know the story behind."
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Michael Pollan
Topic(s):
Food
"In corn, I think I’ve found the key to the American food chain. If you look at a fast-food meal, a McDonald’s meal, virtually all the carbon in it – and what we eat is mostly carbon – comes from corn."
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Michael Pollan
Topic(s):
Food
"My work has also motivated me to put a lot of time into seeking out good food and to spend more money on it."
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Michael Pollan
Topic(s):
Food
"Every major food company now has an organic division. There’s more capital going into organic agriculture than ever before."
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Michael Pollan
Topic(s):
Food
"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."
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Michael Pollan
Topic(s):
Experience
"People in Slow Food understand that food is an environmental issue."
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Michael Pollan
Topic(s):
Environmental
"High-quality food is better for your health."
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Michael Pollan
Topic(s):
Diet
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