Eric Schlosser
Eric Schlosser
Eric Matthew Schlosseris an American journalist and author known for investigative journalism, such as in his books Fast Food Nation, Reefer Madness, and Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth17 August 1959
CountryUnited States of America
thinking birth resilient
By birth and upbringing, I think I'm emotionally resilient. I don't feel like I'm a depressive person.
running men hamburgers
The executives who run the fast food industry are not bad men. They are businessmen. They will sell free-range, organic, grass-fed hamburgers if you demand it. They will sell whatever sells at a profit.
secret important wish
If the market does indeed embody the sum of all human wishes, then the secret ones are just as important as the ones that are openly displayed,
thinking important nutrition
I think there could hardly be a more important subject than health and nutrition.
book car video
In 1970, Americans spent about $6 billion on fast food; in 2000, they spent more than $110 billion. Americans now spend more money on fast food than on higher education, personal computers, computer software, or new cars. They spend more on fast food than on movies, books, magazines, newspapers, videos, and recorded music—combined.
want might eating
The industry doesn’t want you to know the truth about what you’re eating, because if you knew, you might not want to eat it,
christian golden arches
The Golden Arches are now more widely recognized than the Christian cross.
students process restaurants
Students can do experiments and investigate for themselves what's going on in restaurants, in our food system, and begin a process of learning.
meals beef favourite
Yes, a cheeseburger and fries is probably my favourite meal. But I don't eat ground beef anymore.
jobs children fighting
Congress should ban advertising that preys upon children, it should stop subsidizing dead-end jobs, it should pass tougher food safety laws, it should protect American workers from serious harm, it should fight against dangerous concentrations of economic power.
ignorance years survival
What we eat has changed more in the last 40 years than in the previous 40,000. The survival of the current food system depends upon widespread ignorance of how it really operates.
teacher real kids
I think for real change to happen, it's going to have to come from the kids, the community, the teachers, the parents.
inmates united-states prison
The United States now has more prison inmates than full-time farmers.
important tools worship
The market is a tool, and a useful one. But the worship of this tool is a hollow faith. Far more important than any tool is what you make with it.