Commitment Quote by Steve Ells

“Whatever replaces the fast food industry should be regional, diverse, authentic, unpredictable, sustainable, profitable--and humble. It should know its limits.”

— Eric Schlosser

The people who benefit from this state of affairs have been at pains to convince us that the agricultural practices and policies that have…

— Wendell Berry

We also call for a healthy food system that prioritizes sustainable healthy local food production.

— Jill Stein

People forget that eating represents their most profound engagement with the natural world. Through agriculture is how we change the world, more than anything…

— Michael Pollan

Get people back into the kitchen and combat the trend toward processed food and fast food.

— Andrew Weil

Supporting local food production is so much healthier for people. It's better for the local economy, and it's a lot of fun.

— Jack Johnson

We have to grow our food differently because industrial farming will soon end. That means growing more food locally on smaller farms with more…

— James Howard Kunstler

We've gotten so good at growing food that we've gone, in a few generations, from nearly half of Americans living on farms to 2…

— Nina Fedoroff

The time has come to recognize that food, how we produce it, process it, package it, sell it, cook it and eat it, is…

— Anonymous

The problem with living in a fast-food nation is that we expect food to be cheap.

— Alice Waters

“In progressive, middle-class circles these days, there's the overwhelming sense that procuring and cooking freshest, healthiest, most sustainably sourced food should be a top…

— Emily Matchar

Making changes in the fast food that makes up such a significant part of the American diet, even if the numbers aren't impressive, will…

— David Perlmutter