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
People in Slow Food understand that food is an environmental issue. – Michael Pollan
My work has also motivated me to put a lot of time into seeking out good food and to spend more money on it. – Michael Pollan
Generalization is necessary to the advancement of knowledge; but particularly is indispensable to the creations of the imagination. In proportion as men know more and think more they look less at individuals and more at classes. They therefore make better theories and worse poems. – Thomas Babington Macaulay