Michael Pollan

“In the same way that the picturesque designers were always careful to include some reminder of our mortality in their gardens --…

— Michael Pollan

My hope is that if people have the knowledge, and if they actually see where their food comes from and have access…

— Michael Pollan

The problem is that we let special-occasion food become everyday food. That goes for soda and french fries.

— Michael Pollan

Every peasant cuisine has incredible ingenious tricks for getting a lot of nutrition out of a small amount of ingredients. There are…

— Michael Pollan

“In ancient Greece, the word for “cook,” “butcher,” and “priest” was the same—mageiros—and the word shares an etymological root with “magic.”

— Michael Pollan

In the end I'm still a writer. I'm still a journalist, and my first responsibility is to my readers. That's where I…

— Michael Pollan

Seeds have the power to preserve species, to enhance cultural as well as genetic diversity, to counter economic monopoly and to check…

— Michael Pollan

“The bubble logic driving tulipomania has since acquired a name: “the greater fool theory.” Although by any conventional measure it is folly…

— Michael Pollan

“Of the seven deadly sins, surely it is pride that most afflicts the gardener.”

— Michael Pollan

Growing corn, which from a biological perspective had always been a process of capturing sunlight to turn into food, has in no…

— Michael Pollan

Eat with consciousness. When you eat with consciousness, and you know what you're eating, and you eat it in full appreciation of…

— Michael Pollan

This is part of human nature, the desire to change consciousness.

— Michael Pollan

“...whenever I hear people say clean food is expensive, I tell them it's actually the cheapest food you can buy. That always…

— Michael Pollan

“Imagine if we had a food system that actually produced wholesome food. Imagine if it produced that food in a way that…

— Michael Pollan

“CONSULT YOUR GUT.”

— Michael Pollan

I think cooking is really key because it's the only way you're going to take back control of your diet from the…

— Michael Pollan

Without its daydreams, the self is apt to shrink down to the size and shape of the estimation of others

— Michael Pollan

“The whiter the bread, the sooner you’ll be dead.” This”

— Michael Pollan

In general, science journalism concerns itself with what has been published in a handful of peer-reviewed journals - Nature, Cell, The New…

— Michael Pollan

If you're eating grassland meat, your carbon footprint is light and possibly even negative.

— Michael Pollan

“I had actually wanted to say something more, to express a wider gratitude for the meal we were about to eat, but…

— Michael Pollan

Restaurants serve supersize portions to make you feel you're getting your money's worth.

— Michael Pollan

The best farming systems are ones where animals and plants are put into a synergistic relationship.

— Michael Pollan

It's not food if it arrived through the window of your car.

— Michael Pollan

The interesting thing I learned was that if you're really concerned about your health, the best decisions for your health turn out…

— Michael Pollan