The big journals and Nobel laureates are the equivalent of Congressional leaders in science journalism. – Michael Pollan
I mean, were really making a quantum change in our relationship to the plant world with genetic modification. – Michael Pollan
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
Fairness forces you – even when youre 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. – Michael Pollan