Eric Schlosser

I'd been eating fast food all my life without thinking about it. And the more I learned about the subject, the more…

— Eric Schlosser

There is a growing market today for local, organic foods produced by small farmers. And farmers' markets have played a large role…

— Eric Schlosser

The symptoms of food poisoning often don't appear for days after the contaminated meal was eaten. As a result, most cases of…

— Eric Schlosser

Twenty years ago, teenage boys in the United States drank twice as much milk as soda; now they drink twice as much…

— Eric Schlosser

The fear of murder has grown so enormous in the United States that it leaves a taint, like the mark of Cain,…

— Eric Schlosser

I find that one of the most important things, as a writer, is to just show up - to just stay in…

— Eric Schlosser

Since 1966, hundreds of books have been published that follow murderers along their paths of destruction. Every serial killer, it seems, now…

— Eric Schlosser

McDonald's revolutionized fast food. They introduced a way to eat food without knives, forks or plates. Most fast foods can be eaten…

— Eric Schlosser

The federal government has more power to recall a defective stuffed animal who's little glass eye may fall off than to recall…

— Eric Schlosser

There's also a growing trend toward having gardens in schools to literally show kids where food comes from by having them grow…

— Eric Schlosser

“Future historians, I hope, will consider the American fast food industry a relic of the twentieth century — a set of attitudes,…

— Eric Schlosser

Future historians, I hope, will consider the American fast food industry a relic of the twentieth century--a set of attitudes, systems, and…

— Eric Schlosser

Congress should ban advertising that preys upon children, it should stop subsidizing dead-end jobs, it should pass tougher food safety laws, it…

— Eric Schlosser

“Again and again workers told me that they are under tremendous pressure not to report injuries. The annual bonuses of plant foremen…

— Eric Schlosser

“A nationwide study published by the USDA in 1996 found that [...] 78.6 percent of the ground beef contained microbes that are…

— Eric Schlosser

In 1970, Americans spent about $6 billion on fast food; in 2000, they spent more than $110 billion. Americans now spend more…

— Eric Schlosser

Years ago when I got stuck, I'd start twirling my hair. That's not possible anymore. I can't prove the relationship between writing…

— Eric Schlosser

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

“The drug use at Homestead was suspected after a fully armed Russian MiG-17 fighter plane, flown by a Cuban defector, landed there…

— Eric Schlosser

What we eat has changed more in the last 40 years than in the previous 40,000. The survival of the current food…

— Eric Schlosser

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

Different people, in good faith, can look at the same fact and interpret it differently. But thats where an interesting conversation begins.

— Eric Schlosser

“The Army, however, found ways to adapt. It lobbied hard for atomic artillery shells, atomic antiaircraft missiles, atomic land mines.”

— Eric Schlosser

The market is a tool, and a useful one. But the worship of this tool is a hollow faith. Far more important…

— Eric Schlosser

The current fast food that we have is inexpensive when you buy it, but the long-term costs of eating it and the…

— Eric Schlosser

The thing that's been inhibiting long-form investigative reporting is fear - fear of being sued, of being unpopular, of being criticized by…

— Eric Schlosser

Even academic elites are drawn to the figure of the murderer, which has long been a focus of attention for psychiatrists, sociologists,…

— Eric Schlosser

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…

— Eric Schlosser

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

'Fast Food Nation' appeared as an article in 'Rolling Stone' before it was a book, so I was extending it from the…

— Eric Schlosser

I'm all in favor of animal rights, but I'd like to see the food movement take a much stronger stand in defense…

— Eric Schlosser

The importance of recalls is to show that contaminated meat is getting out the door. And when you look at these recalls,…

— Eric Schlosser

I'm just angry at the sort of things that are winding up in ground beef. I'm angry that other people - mainly…

— Eric Schlosser

“The management no longer depends upon the talents or skills of its workers---those things are built into the operating systems and machines.…

— Eric Schlosser

Kids have no idea when they're drinking soda what they're really drinking, and a lot of them are stunned when they learn…

— Eric Schlosser

I think there should be very strict limits on the pathogens that can be sold in your meat. There should be limits…

— Eric Schlosser

The life's work of Walt Disney and Ray Kroc had come full-circle, uniting in perfect synergy. McDonald's began to sell its hamburgers…

— Eric Schlosser

“The cable and the X-unit both had female plugs. Somehow the cable had been installed backward. It would take a couple of…

— Eric Schlosser

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

When you go into a fast food restaurant, you may just think about how good your meal tastes while you're eating it.…

— Eric Schlosser