Michael Baum

“Forty percent of grain grown across the world is fed to animals; if it takes twenty-five gallons of water to grow a pound of wheat, it takes five thousand gallons of freshwater to produce a pound of steak. Put another way, it takes ten thousand pounds of grain (really, corn) to grow a thousand-pound cow.”
― Megan Kimble, Unprocessed: My City-Dwelling Year of Reclaiming Real Food

“According to a recent Barna survey, a large majority of evangelical Christians and church leaders measure their own spiritual maturity by rule keeping, rather than by the fruit of the Spirit.28”
― Dale Fincher, Coffee Shop Conversations: Making the Most of Spiritual Small Talk

“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

“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