Jean-Georges Vongerichten Quotes

I've got to find local farmers and get natural foods.

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

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.

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

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

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.

I always sought out organic produce because to me it always tasted better; the quality was better - if you got it fresh.

The better the ingredients, the more farmers I can buy from, the closer I feel to the food I want to make that represents what I care about as a chef.

Choose to patronise your local farmers; as eaters, you need to demand a different type of food. Appreciate the pigginess of the pig.

Eating local is a relatively new concept in American dining; for the Italians, it's a way of life.

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.

Farm to table is a personal choice.

I worked at this supermarket called Amish Market. Everything is, like, organic.

I cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods.

Understanding where your food comes from, trying to bolster local farmers and local economies and having a better connection to the food around you and the people around you, only good can come of that. I love to be involved with things like that.

I would like to see people more aware of where their food comes from. I would like to see small farmers empowered. I feed my daughter almost exclusively organic food.

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

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

One thing I'll tell you is the food in Sacramento is off the charts. You've got good Asian food, the farm system where everything is natural, which I believe in. I like organic.

The biggest thing you can do is understand that every time you're going to the grocery store, you're voting with your dollars. Support your farmers' market. Support local food. Really learn to cook.

I came to all the realizations about sustainability and biodiversity because I fell in love with the way food tastes. That was it. And because I was looking for that taste I feel at the doorsteps of the organic, local, sustainable farmers, dairy people and fisherman.

We all need to know how to cook. I can buy a chicken and have many meals come from it. Is it affordable? Yes. Cheap? No. I want to pay the farmers the right price for food. They deserve it. They are the most important people in the country besides our teachers.

The way you support farmers is by shopping and buying raw ingredients.

There's nothing better than home-grown, chemical-free fruits and vegetables.

Buying food from farmers and people that I know adds that human element that I love.