I think it's important that people know what they are eating and especially to know what their children are eating. Eric Schlosser More Quotes by Eric Schlosser More Quotes From Eric Schlosser The way we eat has changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous 10,000…. Now our food is coming from enormous assembly lines where the animals and the workers are being abused, and the food has become much more dangerous in ways that are deliberately hidden from us. This isn’t just about what we’re eating. It’s about what we’re allowed to say. What we’re allowed to know. Eric Schlosser linesanimalyears The United States now has more prison inmates than full-time farmers. Eric Schlosser inmatesunited-statesprison The life's work of Walt Disney and Ray Kroc had come full-circle, uniting in perfect synergy. McDonald's began to sell its hamburgers and french fries at Disney's theme parks. The ethos of McDonaldland and of Disneyland, never far apart, have finally become one. Now you can buy a Happy Meal at the Happiest Place on Earth. Eric Schlosser ethosmcdonaldscircles The executives who run the fast food industry are not bad men. They are businessmen. They will sell free-range, organic, grass-fed hamburgers if you demand it. They will sell whatever sells at a profit. Eric Schlosser hamburgersrunningmen As a matter of fact, most cases of food poisoning are never linked back to their source. Eric Schlosser casesmatterfacts Twenty years ago, teenage boys in the United States drank twice as much milk as soda; now they drink twice as much soda as milk. Eric Schlosser teenageboysyears Yes, a cheeseburger and fries is probably my favourite meal. But I don't eat ground beef anymore. Eric Schlosser beeffavouritemeals I'd been eating fast food all my life without thinking about it. And the more I learned about the subject, the more intrigued I became. Eric Schlosser fast-foodeatingthinking Years ago when I got stuck, I'd start twirling my hair. That's not possible anymore. I can't prove the relationship between writing and hair loss, but I think I pulled out a fair amount trying to work on certain sentences. Eric Schlosser losswritingthinking A public outcry usually masks a private obsession. Eric Schlosser maskobsession Today the U.S. government can demand the nation-wide recall of defective softball bats, sneakers, stuffed animals, and foam-rubber toy cows. But it cannot order a meatpacking company to remove contaminated, potentially lethal ground beef from fast food kitchens and supermarket shelves. Eric Schlosser governmentsoftballanimal The Golden Arches are now more widely recognized than the Christian cross. Eric Schlosser archesgoldenchristian The federal government has more power to recall a defective stuffed animal who's little glass eye may fall off than to recall contaminated ground beef that could sicken or even kill hundreds if not thousands of people. The meat-packing industry is so powerful that it's managed to prevent the government from having this basic power of recalling a defective product. Eric Schlosser powerfuleyefall McDonald's has been extraordinary at site selection; it was a pioneer in studying the best places for retail locations. One of the things it did is study very carefully where sprawl was headed. Eric Schlosser pioneersmcdonaldsretail In 1970, Americans spent about $6 billion on fast food; in 2000, they spent more than $110 billion. Americans now spend more money on fast food than on higher education, personal computers, computer software, or new cars. They spend more on fast food than on movies, books, magazines, newspapers, videos, and recorded music—combined. Eric Schlosser videocarbook The industry doesn't want you to know the truth about what you're eating, because if you knew, you might not want to eat it. Eric Schlosser eatingwantmight A typical workday for me is getting up at about 5:00, 5:15 in the morning, getting some coffee or tea as quickly as possible, and then getting to my desk. And ideally, I'll start writing around 5:30, 5:45, and I'll write for three, four hours, and then I'll take a break, and read over what I write. Maybe about lunchtime, I'll go exercise or get out into the day. Then I'll either read over what I wrote the day before and quit work around 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon and spend some time with my kids. Eric Schlosser coffeewritingmorning Future historians, I hope, will consider the American fast food industry a relic of the twentieth century--a set of attitudes, systems, and beliefs that emerged from postwar southern California, that embodied its limitless faith in technology, that quickly spread across the globe, flourished briefly, and then receded, once its true costs became clear and its thinking became obsolete. Eric Schlosser technologyattitudethinking Different people, in good faith, can look at the same fact and interpret it differently. But thats where an interesting conversation begins. Eric Schlosser interesting-conversationpeoplelooks One might expect that the families of murder victims would be showered with sympathy and support, embraced by their communities. But in reality they are far more likely to feel isolated, fearful, and ashamed, overwhelmed by grief and guilt, angry at the criminal-justice system, and shunned by their old friends. Eric Schlosser murder-victimsgriefreality
