You are what you eat, eats

Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food:

"Essentially, the idea is that we're part of the food chain, and in the food chain creatures eat other creatures, and so you can't just say, "This is beef." It's a very different food depending on what that cow or steer ate. A steer that was finished on grass is a completely different food than one that was finished on corn and industrial by-products in a feed lot. We don't pay enough attention to that. If you're eating from a grass-based food chain, you're getting a very different diet than if you're getting a corn-based diet."

You should read the book. It's out. If you're not convinced by this simple piece of insight, then read some more from the article it came from.

Random Autumn picture: We miss nanny and granddad.