I’ve been very lucky in the characters I’ve chosen. Up until last year I was a nobody. I did jobs I booked because I needed to put food in my mouth. less than 1 minute read
For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind. less than 1 minute read
I’m not a Luddite, but I’m outside more than I’m on my computer. We have a micro-farm - it’s a step up from a garden. We have a pretty extensive vineyard. We grow about 60 percent of our own food, make our own wine, have chickens for eggs. less than 1 minute read
I used to work a lot on food issues and every time somebody predicted that production would be inadequate they got egg on their face a year or two later. less than 1 minute read
Especially for me, growing up in such a small town in the middle of nowhere, the desire to be away was incredible. I wanted to see new lands, meet new people from the city, and meet people that were in much less fortunate situations than I was, so that I could be more appreciative of my present. At least I had food on the table. less than 1 minute read
Men can absent themselves from real life for their art more easily. Women are anchored into the quotidian business of getting food on the table, making sure everybody’s socks match, the soccer gear is ready. I admire idealists, but they’re usually enabled by someone who holds the tether on their balloon, who pays the bills and sweeps up after them. less than 1 minute read
Entrepreneurs always pitch their idea as ‘the X of Y’, so this is going to be ‘the Microsoft of food.’ And yet disruptive innovations usually don’t have that character. Most of the time, if something seems like a good idea, it probably isn’t. less than 1 minute read
Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind. less than 1 minute read
Yet food is something that is taken for granted by most world leaders despite the fact that more than half of the population of the world is hungry. less than 1 minute read
