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Jamie Oliver
Alice Waters
Bryant Terry
Anna Lappé
Nigel Walker
Nadine Burke, MD
Anim Steele
Ian Marvy
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Food Choices That Matter
In your choices about food, you express what matters to you.
There is organic. The label organic has shown up in supermarkets all over the country now. And when you support organic, you're supporting food that's been grown without pesticides, without chemical fertilizers and usually with much more respect for the land.
There's also local food. The local food movement is one of the most exciting things going on in the food world today. We've seen an explosion of farmers markets — the fastest growing segment of the food marketplace.If you're concerned about climate change, that's one reason to change the way you eat. Eat closer to home, and eat less processed food, and you will cut down on the carbon footprint of that food choice.
Good food tastes better — it is just such a rush of flavor. We have farmers now who are growing amazing peaches, amazing pears. The pleasure of eating these things is just something you don't want to miss.
Another way we can support sustainable agriculture is by talking with the people feeding us. Asking questions, saying, "Do you have an organic alternative? Can you get local carrots next time?"
Our schools, our colleges have enormous buying power. When that world shifts even just a little bit, the ripples, all the way down to the level of the farm, will be immense.
Three Votes A Day
The wonderful thing about food is you get three votes a day. Every one of them has the potential to change the world. Now, it may seem a little daunting to think, "Oh my God, I've got to vote right three times a day." And, you know, in fact, you don't and you won't. We all have our junk foods that we can't resist, and that's fine.
But if you get it right once a day, you can produce a more sustainable agriculture, a cleaner environment, diminish climate change, and improve the lot of animals. That's an amazing power that we have, and we all have it.Michael Pollan is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and best-selling author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food.
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