Hanya Yanagihara Quotes

Wherever possible, I like to use home-grown or locally produced ingredients.

I've become a produce snob. I like to eat food that's in season.

The concept of being a locavore, or one who chooses whenever possible to incorporate locally grown or locally produced food into one's nutrition plan, is of great importance.

In Cleveland, I'm so fortunate that we're surrounded by farms with an endless variety of beautiful vegetables. For me, I always eat very tightly with the season, even if the season is only six weeks.

At ABC Cocina and Kitchen, 90 percent of our produce and vegetables come from Union Square, and that's all from upstate New York farmers. We are simply committed to this idea of local, organic food.

You need to eat what's local. So that's what I'm trying to do - just be as close to nature as possible.

I take my kids to a farmers' market each Sunday to buy organic produce.

There is a growing market today for local, organic foods produced by small farmers. And farmers' markets have played a large role in making that happen.

Locally produced foods - defined as those harvested within a 100-mile radius of one's home - have a lesser impact on the environment because of the decreased need for transportation from source to consumer.

I love the idea of farm to table and farmer's markets. I enjoy a meal more if I know I'm eating something that's good quality and good for me.

Sweet Washington cherries and Walla Walla onions are two of my favorite local treats.

Know you food, know your farmers, and know your kitchen.

I do a lot of reading about food and the food industry, so I try to eat locally and go to the farmer's market.

Whenever possible, I use local, fresh ingredients, just because it tastes and feels better to eat an egg or a tomato or a hamburger that wasn't flown halfway around the world, that didn't travel on a truck and get stuck in traffic jams, that hasn't been sitting in a supermarket's refrigerator case for days.

I grew up with that farm-to-table dining before it was sweeping the nation. I do think there's some value to really throwing yourself into food and embracing where it comes from.

I want to know where my food comes from and the conditions in which it's grown. I also want to embrace traditional British produce, and seasonality.

I grew up in Italy, and our country is a country of great agriculture and food produce. It wasn't like I was urban and only knew about high-heeled shoes and purses and never knew where my eggs came from.

I'm a California girl, right? I grew up with that farm-to-table dining before it was sweeping the nation.

For me, summer hasn't really started until tomatoes reappear in local farmers' markets.

Farm to table is a personal choice.

When you grow up close to poultry and fields and gardens and open-air markets, you can't help but develop an instinct for quality food.

We've become slaves to words like 'local,' 'fresh,' and 'seasonal.' We all want to be Thomas Jefferson's agrarian hero, but sustainable food is a difficult beast.

There's a food revolution going on throughout the country. And it doesn't matter if you're down south, up north in Maine, if you're out west in Portland or Seattle.

Buy local fruits and veggies at the grocery store. You will support local businesses and cut down on all the fuel that is used to truck produce around from state to state.

There's no doubt about it: people want local, real food.