Michael Baum

“I asked Eduardo if his efforts were meant to ensure the highest-quality livers or to guarantee the welfare of his geese. He shook his head slightly and smiled, a sign that he didn’t understand the question. I tried again: “What motivates you? If you had to choose, is it sweet livers you want, or a painless end to life?” Eduardo raised his eyebrows. “What’s the difference?”
― Dan Barber, The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food

“Introducing Jesus as our light in this dark world gives our friends something to ponder, allowing a guarded heart to give Jesus another look and freeing people to see Jesus as a promise instead of a threat.”
― Dale Fincher, Coffee Shop Conversations: Making the Most of Spiritual Small Talk

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“It is often said,” Vandana Shiva has written, “that the so-called miracle varieties of the Green Revolution in modern industrial agriculture prevented famine because they had higher yields. However, these higher yields disappear in the context of total yields of crops on farms.”
― Dan Barber, The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food