The human animal is adapted to, and apparently can thrive on, an extraordinary range of different diets, but the Western diet, however you define it, does not seem to be one of them.

In addition to contributing to erosion, pollution, food poisoning, and the dead zone, corn requires huge amounts of fossil fuel - it takes a half gallon of fossil fuel to produce a bushel of corn.

People in Slow Food understand that food is an environmental issue.

Food is not just fuel. Food is about family, food is about community, food is about identity. And we nourish all those things when we eat well.

Were the walls of our meat industry to become transparent, literally or even figuratively, we would not long continue to raise, kill, and eat animals the way we do.

The correlation between poverty and obesity can be traced to agricultural policies and subsidies.

If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don't.

Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

A lawn is nature under totalitarian rule.

Cooking (from scratch) is the single most important thing we could do as a family to improve our health and general well-being.

People say they don't have time to cook, yet in the last few years we have found an extra two hours a day for the internet.

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.

As Christmas draws near, let the words resonate — not just within your heart & mind, but Soul.

Our ability to handle life's challenges is a measure of our strength of character.

The thing is, any time anyone invades anyone on stage, the invader always looks really bad no matter what point they're proving - obviously that applies to myself too.

So, you pay attention to what is in every moment. And when you do that, then you realize that the presence of God is everywhere.

Love isn't sensible, Red. I think that's the point.

I like a woman with priorities.

Wait for a miracle and it will never come. Take responsibility and you'll invite a miracle.

Mom's always know how to make us happy, but they also know exactly how to make us cry.

The trouble with the lower classes is that they lack the sense of tragedy given to them by the upper classes.