good food starts in fields and orchards well tended

“Good food starts in fields and orchards well tended. This is knowledge that we ignore at our peril, for without good farming there can be no good food; and without good food there can be no good life. Slow down and consider the choices we make when we purchase our food. There is much more to satiating a grumbling stomach than simply ingesting food.
The decisions you make are a choice of values that reflect your life in every way. Buying Big Macs from the people McDonald’s buys its meat from, who are raising these cattle or kangaroos or whatever goes into what they call beef, is the complete opposite of the way it should be done. When I buy food from a farmer, I know who he is, I know he cares about my well being and I know he has taken care of the land he is farming. I have a responsibility to him and he to me. I could not put the food I cook on the table without him, so I really treasure this relationship” –Alice Waters, in bitter Harvest by Cooper Holmes. Alice is a famous chef and may be credited for the farm to table movement in restaurants, and other establishments.