Twenty years ago, teenage boys in the United States drank twice as much milk as soda; now they drink twice as much… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
A generation ago, three-quarters of the money used to buy food in the United States was spent to prepare meals at home.… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
I'd like to think that, in the United States, you can criticize a company that makes hamburgers without having to worry about… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
I've written about illegal immigrants in the United States; I spent a year following migrant farm workers as they were harvesting. I've… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
The United States now has more prison inmates than full-time farmers. — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
The fear of murder has grown so enormous in the United States that it leaves a taint, like the mark of Cain,… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
There's been a growing effort to kick soda out of the schools. And governors as different as Arnold Schwarzenegger in California and… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
The history of the twentieth century was dominated by the struggle against totalitarian systems of state power. The twenty-first will no doubt… — 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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The Golden Arches are now more widely recognized than the Christian cross. — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
