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I mean, we're really making a quantum change in our relationship to the plant world with genetic modification.

~Michael Pollan

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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.

~Michael Pollan

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Corn is a greedy crop, as farmers will tell you.

~Michael Pollan

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Now that I know how supermarket meat is made, I regard eating it as a somewhat risky proposition. I know how those animals live and what's on their hides when they go to slaughter, so I don't buy industrial meat.

~Michael Pollan

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At home I serve the kind of food I know the story behind.

~Michael Pollan

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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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High-quality food is better for your health.

~Michael Pollan

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When you go to the grocery store, you find that the cheapest calories are the ones that are going to make you the fattest - the added sugars and fats in processed foods.

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The correlation between poverty and obesity can be traced to agricultural policies and subsidies.

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People in Slow Food understand that food is an environmental issue.

~Michael Pollan

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: Unknown

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