In corn, I think Ive found the key to the American food chain. If you look at a fast-food meal, a McDonalds meal, virtually all the carbon in it – and what we eat is mostly carbon – comes from corn. – Michael Pollan
People in Slow Food understand that food is an environmental issue. – Michael Pollan
In addition to contributing to erosion, pollution, food poisoning, and the dead zone, corn requires huge amounts of fossil fuel – it takes a half gallon of fossil fuel to produce a bushel of corn. – Michael Pollan
Every major food company now has an organic division. Theres more capital going into organic agriculture than ever before. – Michael Pollan
People come up to me all the time and say, Oh, I love to watch Food Network, and I ask them what they cook, and they say, I dont really cook. Theyre afraid, theyre intimidated, they know all about food from eating out and watching TV, but they dont know where to start in their own kitchen. – Michael Symon