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Corn is an efficient way to get energy calories off the land and soybeans are an efficient way of getting protein off the land, so we've designed a food system that produces a lot of cheap corn and soybeans resulting in a lot of cheap fast food.

— Michael Pollan

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Sometimes the cause of civilization is best served by a hard stare into the soul of its opposite.

The Botany of Desire (2001)

The most important thing about your diet is who cooks it, a human or a corporation.

Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation (2013)

You're better off eating the real thing in moderation than binging on 'lite' food products that pack less flavor but more chemical additives.

Food Rules: An Eater's Manual (2009)

The industrial animal factory offers a nightmarish glimpse of what capitalism is capable of in the absence of any moral or regulatory constraint whatsoever.

The family meal is the nursery of democracy.

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