Food Quality Quotes

“How Does What We Eat Affect the Planet? The things you put on your fork have the power to affect not only your health, but also agricultural practices, climate change, and even our economy. One church member told us about Nigerian farmers he met who were given seed by a large agricultural company at a cheaper price than their regular seed, but then the seeds from that crop couldn’t be replanted. (They are designed that way.) The farmers then were forced to buy the seed from the same company at a higher price the next year and eventually couldn’t afford to farm. This pattern of industrial agricultural practices not only has impacted the quality of the food you eat, but also creates hunger in little children in Africa. When you stop buying industrial food, it has an enormous ripple effect. The power of your fork can change the world. When it comes to our health and the health of the planet, we have a lot more to learn and study, but we don’t need all the answers in order to take action. We can each make choices to buy more whole foods, sustainably raised animals, locally grown produce, and more. Just as we’ve learned that certain fats are good for us and others are destructive, we can learn what agricultural and food practices are best for us too.”
― Rick Warren, The Daniel Plan: 40 Days to a Healthier Life

“But the purpose of agriculture is quite different from that of a factory. It has to provide food in
order that the race may flourish and persist. The best results are obtained if the food is
fresh and the soil is fertile. Quality is more important than weight of produce. Farming is
therefore a vital matter for the population and ranks with the supply of drinking water,
fresh air, and protection from the weather. Our water supplies do not always pay their
way; the provision of green belts and open spaces does not yield a profit; our housing
schemes are frequently uneconomic. Why, then, should the quality of the food on which
still more depends than water, oxygen, or warmth be looked at in a different way? The
people must be fed whatever happens. Why not, then, make a supreme effort to see that
they are properly fed? [...] The
financial system, after all, is but a secondary matter. Economics therefore, in failing to
insist on these elementary truths, has been guilty of a grave error of judgement.”
― Sir Albert Howard