--- title: "12 Price Food Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 12 Price Food quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Price Food sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5b/joseph-hume-25663_britain_in-great-britain-the-price-of-food-is-at_1647699.png" --- > [In Great Britain the price of food is at a higher level than in any other country, and consequently, the British artisan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hume/in-great-britain-the-price-of-food-is-at-a-higher-level-than-in-any/) [Joseph Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hume/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5b/joseph-hume-25663_britain_in-great-britain-the-price-of-food-is-at_1647699.png) > [The disparity between a restaurant's price and food quality rises in direct proportion to the size of the pepper mill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-disparity-between-a-restaurant-s-price-and-food-quality-rises-in/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59a/anonymous-1_direct_the-disparity-between-a-restaurant-s-pri_1093421.jpg) > [There's never been a culture that wasn't obsessed with food. The sort of sad thing is that our obsession is no longer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/there-s-never-been-a-culture-that-wasn-t-obsessed-with-food-the-sort/) [Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17d/jonathan-safran-foer-136_been_there-s-never-been-a-culture-that-wasn-t_1687851.png) > [I definitely think the price of food is going up. We need to figure out ways to manage that in a sustainable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raj-patel/i-definitely-think-the-price-of-food-is-going-up-we-need-to-figure/) [Raj Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raj-patel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/216/raj-patel-18362_hungry_i-definitely-think-the-price-of-food-is_648802.jpg) > [We have to understand that we want to pay the farmers the real price for the food that they produce. It won't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/we-have-to-understand-that-we-want-to-pay-the-farmers-the-real-price/) [Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68c/alice-waters-3447_affordable_we-have-to-understand-that-we-want-to-pa_2557780.jpg) > [The one thing that everyone knows about America is people will say, I know my rights. One of those rights is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raj-patel/the-one-thing-that-everyone-knows-about-america-is-people-will-say-i/) [Raj Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raj-patel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e98/raj-patel-18362_organize_the-one-thing-that-everyone-knows-about_517221.jpg) > [We all need to know how to cook. I can buy a chicken and have many meals come from it. Is it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/we-all-need-to-know-how-to-cook-i-can-buy-a-chicken-and-have-many/) [Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/alice-waters-3447_affordable_we-all-need-to-know-how-to-cook-i-can-bu_679102.png) > [I think the price of the food can totally alter the perception of it. If I know something is expensive and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-hanawalt/i-think-the-price-of-the-food-can-totally-alter-the-perception-of-it/) [Lisa Hanawalt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-hanawalt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eed/lisa-hanawalt-16461_better_i-think-the-price-of-the-food-can-totall_3013926.jpg) > [“As UC Berkeley economics professor Brad DeLong put it to me: You get famine if the price of food spikes far beyond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annalee-newitz/as-uc-berkeley-economics-professor-brad-delong-put-it-to-me-you-get/) [Annalee Newitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annalee-newitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/840/annalee-newitz-8659_economics_as-uc-berkeley-economics-professor-brad_499285.jpg) > [We need to realize that these industrial methods of farming have gotten us used to cheap food. The corollary of cheap food…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raj-patel/we-need-to-realize-that-these-industrial-methods-of-farming-have/) [Raj Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raj-patel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b45/raj-patel-18362_aim_we-need-to-realize-that-these-industrial_1955011.jpg) > [“The fact that the nutritional quality of a given food (and of that food's food) can vary not just in degree but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-pollan/the-fact-that-the-nutritional-quality-of-a-given-food-and-of-that/) [Michael Pollan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-pollan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6a/michael-pollan-408_food_the-fact-that-the-nutritional-quality-of_756706.png) > [Right now you're seeing more and more families reporting that they are skipping meals. They're having to give up meat. Mothers are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raj-patel/right-now-you-re-seeing-more-and-more-families-reporting-that-they/) [Raj Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raj-patel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4a/raj-patel-18362_family_right-now-you-re-seeing-more-and-more-fa_92466.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/price-food/#itemlist", "name": "Price Food Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In Great Britain the price of food is at a higher level than in any other country, and consequently, the British artisan labours at a disadvantage in proportion to the higher rate of his food.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joseph Hume" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hume/in-great-britain-the-price-of-food-is-at-a-higher-level-than-in-any/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5b/joseph-hume-25663_britain_in-great-britain-the-price-of-food-is-at_1647699.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5b/joseph-hume-25663_britain_in-great-britain-the-price-of-food-is-at_1647699.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5b/joseph-hume-25663_britain_in-great-britain-the-price-of-food-is-at_1647699.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In Great Britain the price of food is at a higher level than in any other country, and consequently, the…” — Joseph Hume", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The disparity between a restaurant's price and food quality rises in direct proportion to the size of the pepper mill.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-disparity-between-a-restaurant-s-price-and-food-quality-rises-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59a/anonymous-1_direct_the-disparity-between-a-restaurant-s-pri_1093421.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59a/anonymous-1_direct_the-disparity-between-a-restaurant-s-pri_1093421.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59a/anonymous-1_direct_the-disparity-between-a-restaurant-s-pri_1093421.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The disparity between a restaurant's price and food quality rises in direct proportion to the size of the…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's never been a culture that wasn't obsessed with food. 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We don't understand that piece of it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alice Waters" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/we-have-to-understand-that-we-want-to-pay-the-farmers-the-real-price/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68c/alice-waters-3447_affordable_we-have-to-understand-that-we-want-to-pa_2557780.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68c/alice-waters-3447_affordable_we-have-to-understand-that-we-want-to-pa_2557780.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68c/alice-waters-3447_affordable_we-have-to-understand-that-we-want-to-pa_2557780.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We have to understand that we want to pay the farmers the real price for the food that they produce. 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They are the most important people in the country besides our teachers.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alice Waters" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/we-all-need-to-know-how-to-cook-i-can-buy-a-chicken-and-have-many/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/alice-waters-3447_affordable_we-all-need-to-know-how-to-cook-i-can-bu_679102.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/alice-waters-3447_affordable_we-all-need-to-know-how-to-cook-i-can-bu_679102.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/alice-waters-3447_affordable_we-all-need-to-know-how-to-cook-i-can-bu_679102.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We all need to know how to cook. I can buy a chicken and have many meals come from it. 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But I'm also bored by most 'fancy' food.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lisa Hanawalt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-hanawalt/i-think-the-price-of-the-food-can-totally-alter-the-perception-of-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eed/lisa-hanawalt-16461_better_i-think-the-price-of-the-food-can-totall_3013926.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eed/lisa-hanawalt-16461_better_i-think-the-price-of-the-food-can-totall_3013926.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eed/lisa-hanawalt-16461_better_i-think-the-price-of-the-food-can-totall_3013926.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think the price of the food can totally alter the perception of it. If I know something is expensive and…” — Lisa Hanawalt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“As UC Berkeley economics professor Brad DeLong put it to me: You get famine if the price of food spikes far beyond that of some people's means. This can be because food is short, objectively. This can be because the rich have bid the resources normally used to produce food away to other uses. You also get famine when the price of food is moderate if the incomes of large groups collapse… In all of this, the lesson is that a properly functioning market does not seek to advance human happiness but rather to advance human wealth. What speaks in the market is money: purchasing power. If you have no money, you have no voice in the market. The market acts as if it does not know you exist and does not care whether you live or die. DeLong describes a marketplace that leaves people to die - not out of malice , but out of indifference.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Annalee Newitz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annalee-newitz/as-uc-berkeley-economics-professor-brad-delong-put-it-to-me-you-get/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/840/annalee-newitz-8659_economics_as-uc-berkeley-economics-professor-brad_499285.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/840/annalee-newitz-8659_economics_as-uc-berkeley-economics-professor-brad_499285.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/840/annalee-newitz-8659_economics_as-uc-berkeley-economics-professor-brad_499285.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As UC Berkeley economics professor Brad DeLong put it to me: You get famine if the price of food spikes far…” — Annalee Newitz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We need to realize that these industrial methods of farming have gotten us used to cheap food. The corollary of cheap food is low wages. What we need to do in an era when the price of food is going up is pay better wages. A living wage is an absolutely integral part of a modern food system, because you can't expect people to eat properly and eat in a sustainable way if you pay them nothing. In fact, it's cheap food that subsidized the exploitation of American workers for a very long time, and that's always been an aim of cheap food.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Raj Patel" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raj-patel/we-need-to-realize-that-these-industrial-methods-of-farming-have/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b45/raj-patel-18362_aim_we-need-to-realize-that-these-industrial_1955011.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b45/raj-patel-18362_aim_we-need-to-realize-that-these-industrial_1955011.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b45/raj-patel-18362_aim_we-need-to-realize-that-these-industrial_1955011.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We need to realize that these industrial methods of farming have gotten us used to cheap food. The corollary…” — Raj Patel", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The fact that the nutritional quality of a given food (and of that food's food) can vary not just in degree but in kind throws a big wrench into an industrial food chain, the very premise of which is that beef is beef and salmon salmon. It also throws a new light on the whole question of cost, for it quality matters so much more than quantity, then the price of a food may bear little relation to the value of the nutrients in it. If units of omega-3s and beta-cartene and vitamin E are what an egg shopper is really after, then Joel's $2.20 a dozen pastured eggs actually represents a much better deal than the $0.79 a dozen industrial eggs at the supermarket.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Pollan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-pollan/the-fact-that-the-nutritional-quality-of-a-given-food-and-of-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6a/michael-pollan-408_food_the-fact-that-the-nutritional-quality-of_756706.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6a/michael-pollan-408_food_the-fact-that-the-nutritional-quality-of_756706.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6a/michael-pollan-408_food_the-fact-that-the-nutritional-quality-of_756706.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The fact that the nutritional quality of a given food (and of that food's food) can vary not just in degree…” — Michael Pollan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Right now you're seeing more and more families reporting that they are skipping meals. They're having to give up meat. Mothers are foregoing food so their kids can have something. People are growing their own vegetables, not because they've gone organic, but because it's one of the few assured sources of food they have. For low-income Americans food is costly right now. The price of food has been going up, and wages haven't. This puts working Americans in a real bind. 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