He does have a point. My ex bf drives a brand new suped up Acura LT and buys Albertson's brand slice cheese, whose first listed ingredient is water.

Quoted: “Don’t you find it odd that people will put more work into choosing their mechanic or house contractor than they will into choosing the person who grows their food?”

Joel, who describes himself as a “Christian-libertarian-environmentalist-lunatic farmer,” speaks of his farming as his “ministry,” and certainly his 1,000 or so regular customers hear plenty of preaching. Each spring he sends out a long, feisty, single-spaced letter that could convince even a fast-food junkie that buying a pastured broiler from Polyface Farm qualifies as an act of social, environmental, nutritional, and political redemption.

My friend Michelle works at Elliot Bay Books and totally raved about this book after she reviewed it.

Quoted: Not surprisingly, the densest chapters are those focusing on industrialized food, which the author defines as "any food whose provenance is so complex or obscure that it requires expert help to ascertain." This would be those "chicken" nuggets you feed your kids, the Doritos you had with lunch, the soda you're sipping, and the entire frozen food aisle. In sections like the one called "Corn Sex," Pollan talks genetics, agribusiness, nutrition, and sourcing—and I mean, he really talks them. He tells stories about Mexican maize farmers, Midwestern corn huskers, and mad cows. He makes their stories—and more miraculously, the science behind them—highly readable.

I am definitely a Trader Joe's fan!!!!

I've been going to the store in the U District for years.

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