Without the potato, the balance of European power might never have tilted north.

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My writing is remarkably non-confessional; you actually learn very little about me.

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Perhaps more than any other, the food industry is very sensitive to consumer demand.

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The Congressional leaders set the agenda for journalism; it's not the other way around.

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The correlation between poverty and obesity can be traced to agricultural policies and subsidies.

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Plus, I love comic writing. Nothing satisfies me more than finding a funny way to phrase something.

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The big journals and Nobel laureates are the equivalent of Congressional leaders in science journalism.

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My work has also motivated me to put a lot of time into seeking out good food and to spend more money on it.

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I mean, we're really making a quantum change in our relationship to the plant world with genetic modification.

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Every major food company now has an organic division. There's more capital going into organic agriculture than ever before.

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