Mark Bittman
Mark Bittman
Mark Bittmanis an American food journalist, author, and former columnist for The New York Times. Currently, he is a fellow at the Union of Concerned Scientists...
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kindness nice thinking
I'm not a vegetarian. Now, don't get me wrong - I like animals. And I don't think it's just fine to industrialize their production and to churn them out like they were wrenches. But there's no way to treat animals well when you're killing 10 billion of them a year. Kindness might just be a bit of a red herring. Let's get the numbers of animals we're killing for eating down, and then we'll worry about being nice to the ones that are left.
swimming filth salmon
Let me pose you a question. Can farm-raised salmon be organic when its feed has nothing to do with its natural diet, even if the feed itself is supposedly organic, and the fish themselves are packed tightly in pens, swimming in their own filth?
heart animal simple
If price spikes don't change eating habits, perhaps the combination of deforestation, pollution, climate change, starvation, heart disease and animal cruelty will gradually encourage the simple daily act of eating more plants and fewer animals.
should cooks
Anyone can cook, and most everyone should.
cereal ice bars
Your 'Pringle' contains 30% potato, that yoghurt has the same amount of sugar as ice cream, that whole grain cereal bar may be no better for you than a snickers.
fake healthy alternatives
The truly healthy alternative to that chip is not a fake chip; it’s a carrot.
memories short-memory
It's good to have a short memory because it keeps life fresh.
motivational people world
1 billion people in the world are chronically hungry. 1 billion people are overweight.
thinking animal benefits
I'll never stop eating animals, I'm sure, but I do think that for the benefit of everyone, the time has come to stop raising them industrially and stop eating them thoughtlessly
stuff plant evidence
This evidence is overwhelming at this point. You eat more plants, you eat less other stuff, you live longer.
environmental weight satisfaction
If you embrace moderation, eat whole foods instead of junk, live within your physical, monetary, and environmental budget rather than constantly exceeding it, you will lose weight, tread more lightly on the planet, and gain satisfaction from these things.
hands junk matter
The USDA is not our ally here. We have to take matters into our own hands, not only by advocating for a better diet for everyone - and that's the hard part - but by improving our own. And that happens to be quite easy. Less meat, less junk, more plants.
real broken needs
We need real farmers who grow real food, and the will to reform a broken food system. And for that, we need not only to celebrate farmers, but also to advocate for them.
self cooking defense
I got into cooking out of self-defense.