The gardener cultivates wildness, but he does so carefully and respectfully, in full recognition of its mystery. Michael Pollan More Quotes by Michael Pollan More Quotes From Michael Pollan There's been progress toward seeing that nature and culture are not opposing terms, and that wilderness is not the only kind of landscape for environmentalists to concern themselves with. Michael Pollan landscape progress culture Perhaps more than any other, the food industry is very sensitive to consumer demand. Michael Pollan sensitive consumers demand 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 meat eating animal The Congressional leaders set the agenda for journalism; it's not the other way around. Michael Pollan agendas leader way We are what we eat, it is often said, but of course that's only part of the story. We are what what we eat eats too. Michael Pollan courses stories said For great many species today, fitness means the ability to get along in a world in which humankind has become the most powerful evolutionary force. Michael Pollan powerful mean world For a product to carry a health claim on its package, it must first have a package, so right off the bat it's more likely to be processed rather than a whole food. Michael Pollan bats claims firsts Dreams of innocence are just that; they usually depend on a denial of reality that can be its own form of hubris. Michael Pollan denial dream reality Yes, I very much like to have a personal stake in what I’m writing about. Michael Pollan stakes writing Without such a thing as fast food, there would be no need for slow food. Michael Pollan slow-food would-be needs A garden should make you feel you've entered privileged space -- a place not just set apart but reverberant -- and it seems to me that, to achieve this, the gardener must put some kind of twist on the existing landscape, turn its prose into something nearer poetry. Michael Pollan twists garden space The ninety-nine cent price of a fast-food hamburger simply doesn't take account of that meal's true cost--to soil, oil, public health, the public purse, etc., costs which are never charged directly to the consumer but, indirectly and invisibly, to the taxpayer (in the form of subsidies), the health care system (in the form of food-borne illnesses and obesity), and the environment (in the form of pollution), not to mention the welfare of the workers in the feedlot and the slaughterhouse and the welfare of the animals themselves. Michael Pollan ninety-nine oil animal Suffering... is not just lots of pain but pain amplified by distinctly human emotions such as regret, self-pity, shame, humiliation, and dread. Michael Pollan regret pain self We are at once the problem and the only possible solution to the problem. Michael Pollan solutions problem That anyone should need to write a book advising people to "eat food" could be taken as a measure of our alienation and confusion. Or we can choose to see it in a more positive light and count ourselves fortunate indeed that there is once again real food for us to eat. Michael Pollan taken real book we ask for too much salvation by legislation. All we need to do is empower individuals with the right philosophy and the right information to opt out en masse. (quoting Joel Salatin) Michael Pollan empowering philosophy needs Cooking for yourself is the only sure way to take back control of your diet from the food scientists and food processors, and to guarantee you're eating real food rather than edible foodlike substances, with their unhealthy oils, high-fructose corn syrup, and surfeit of salt. Michael Pollan corn-syrup oil real I think that there's some brainwashing going on with this idea that we don't have time to cook anymore. We have made cooking seem much more complicated than it is, and part of that comes from watching cooking shows on television-we've turned cooking into a spectator sport. ...My wife and I both work, and we can get a very nice dinner on the table in a half hour. It would not take any less time for us to drive to a fast-food outlet and order, sit down, and bus our table. Michael Pollan nice sports thinking The interesting thing I learned was that if you're really concerned about your health, the best decisions for your health turn out to be the best decisions for the farmers and the best decisions for the environment-and that there is no contradiction there. Michael Pollan environment decision interesting Plus, I love comic writing. Nothing satisfies me more than finding a funny way to phrase something. Michael Pollan finding-the-one phrases writing
