I think it's possible to have food that's healthy, that's good for you to eat, that's also inexpensive. We don't have to have this cheap, unhealthy food being so aggressively promoted. — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
Twenty years ago, teenage boys in the United States drank twice as much milk as soda; now they drink twice as much soda as… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share
So for everything I do, I'm very clear about what I'm doing, and I tell people what it's about. They get a sense of… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share
“The medical literature on the causes of food poisoning is full of euphemisms and dry scientific terms: coliform levels, aerobic plate counts, sorbitol, MacConkey… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share
Very few people realize that the U.S. government does not have the power to order the recall of contaminated meat. — Eric Schlosser Copy Share
Fast food is popular because it's convenient, it's cheap, and it tastes good. But the real cost of eating fast food never appears on… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share
The Golden Arches are now more widely recognized than the Christian cross. — Eric Schlosser Copy Share
Different people, in good faith, can look at the same fact and interpret it differently. But that's where an interesting conversation begins. — Eric Schlosser Copy Share
The current fast food that we have is inexpensive when you buy it, but the long-term costs of eating it and the long-term costs… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share
“The cable and the X-unit both had female plugs. Somehow the cable had been installed backward. It would take a couple of days to… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share
A generation ago, three-quarters of the money used to buy food in the United States was spent to prepare meals at home. Today about… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share
I think there could hardly be a more important subject than health and nutrition. — Eric Schlosser Copy Share
I hate the word "inevitable" because I feel like things don't have to be the way they are. — Eric Schlosser Copy Share
There's a real strong link today between soda consumption and obesity among children. — Eric Schlosser Copy Share
