Famous Michael Pollan Quotes
We moderns are great compartmentalizers, perhaps never more so than when hungry.– Michael Pollan
A growing body of research suggests that many of the health problems associated with eating beef are really problems with corn-fed beef.– Michael Pollan
Reversing the historical trajectory of human eating, for this meal the forest would be feeding us again.– Michael Pollan
There are some forty-five thousand items in the average American supermarket and more than a quarter of them now contain corn.– Michael Pollan
Though they won’t say, it has been estimated that Cargill and ADM together probably buy somewhere near a third of all the corn grown in America.– Michael Pollan
[Smil] estimates that two of every five humans on Earth today would not be alive if not for Fritz Haber’s invention of the Haber-Bosch process.– Michael Pollan
Leave something on your plate… ‘Better to go to waste than to waist– Michael Pollan
As grandmothers used to say, ‘Better to pay the grocer than the doctor– Michael Pollan
Planted, a single corn seed yielded more than 150 fat kernels, often as many as 300, while the return on a seed of wheat was something less than 50:1– Michael Pollan
Great cooking is all about the three ‘p’s: patience, presence, and practice.– Michael Pollan