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title: "7 Food Issue Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Food Issue quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Food Issue sayings and thoughts."
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> [The entire trendy foodie world - food writing, food television, celebrated restaurants - is all about food for the rich. But the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-kurlansky/the-entire-trendy-foodie-world-food-writing-food-television/)

[Mark Kurlansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-kurlansky/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/mark-kurlansky-1988_food_the-entire-trendy-foodie-world-food-writ_149414.png)

> [People need help to change the way they eat... this is what government is for in my opinion… We should make food…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-bittman/people-need-help-to-change-the-way-they-eat-this-is-what-government/)

[Mark Bittman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-bittman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/325/mark-bittman-19157_food_people-need-help-to-change-the-way-they_444258.jpg)

> [One of the powerful things about the food issue is that people feel empowered by it. There are so many areas of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-pollan/one-of-the-powerful-things-about-the-food-issue-is-that-people-feel/)

[Michael Pollan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-pollan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/michael-pollan-408_areas_one-of-the-powerful-things-about-the-foo_608410.png)

> [“Magically modified food is a serious issue," Rosabella said. "We don't know the long-term effects on our bodies." She grabbed her ever-present…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-selfors/magically-modified-food-is-a-serious-issue-rosabella-said-we-don-t/)

[Suzanne Selfors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-selfors/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77f/suzanne-selfors-10004_activist_magically-modified-food-is-a-serious-iss_708145.jpg)

> [I talk about the food issue, I'm really coming at it from pre-White House times, when I was a working mother with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-obama/i-talk-about-the-food-issue-i-m-really-coming-at-it-from-pre-white/)

[Michelle Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-obama/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce2/michelle-obama-518_busy_i-talk-about-the-food-issue-i-m-really-c_1433471.jpg)

> [I've always been interested in the industrialization of our food; it's been an issue for me from an environmental and animal rights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/i-ve-always-been-interested-in-the-industrialization-of-our-food-it-s/)

[Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76a/richard-linklater-2192_environmental_i-ve-always-been-interested-in-the-indus_1948632.jpg)

> [Food is one issue that cannot be solved person by person. We have to stand together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josette-sheeran/food-is-one-issue-that-cannot-be-solved-person-by-person-we-have-to/)

[Josette Sheeran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josette-sheeran/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e07/josette-sheeran-39378_food_food-is-one-issue-that-cannot-be-solved_2446864.jpg)

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