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“We used to eat economically. One of the things that happened is that we lost the cultural skills that used to allow people to eat well cheaply. For example making three or four meals from a chicken, rather than buying chicken breasts.”

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Michael Pollan

Michael Pollan is an American author renowned for his insightful views on food, agriculture, and culture. His work explores the impact of the modern food industry on health, the environment, and society, as well as the necessity of sustainable food systems. more

“Every peasant cuisine has incredible ingenious tricks for getting a lot of nutrition out of a small amount of ingredients. There are people who don't have the money to invest in better food, but perhaps they have the time. There's a trade-off: The more time you're willing to put into food preparation, the less money you have to spend.”

People Willing Amount Trade Incredibles Tricks Preparation More Time Ingredients Nutrition Peasants Ingenious Cuisine Small Amounts Trade Offs

Author:Michael Pollan

“There's a lot of research that suggests that organic yields are close or superior to conventional yields depending on factors like climate. In a drought year an organic field of corn will yield more - considerably more - than a conventional field; organic fields hold moisture better so they don't need as much water. It simply isn't true that organic yields are lower than conventional yields.”

Needs Years Water Fields Research Climate Superiors Factors Yield Conventional Corn Drought Moisture

Author:Michael Pollan

“All money for agricultural extension, land grant universities has been toward developing industrial food. Lots of money has been invested toward maximizing yield. If you took even a small amount of that money and put it toward organic research, I don't have any doubts you could match those yields.”

Ifs Has Beens Doubt Land Amount Research University Developing Grants Yield Lots Of Money Extensions Small Amounts Maximizing

Author:Michael Pollan

“The whole problem of industrial agriculture is putting all of your eggs in one basket. We need to diversify our food chains as well as our fields so that when some of them fail, we can still eat.”

Needs Wells Stills Whole Problem Failing Fields Chains Eggs Agriculture Baskets Food Chain Eggs In One Basket

Author:Michael Pollan