Daniel Humm Quotes

Buy foods from nearby farms and have that food served in the cafeteria.

The best way to feed the world in 50 years is to grow food where most of us live—in cities.

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

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

Homemade gazpacho tastes different than any gazpacho you can buy because you know exactly how much time it took for each plant to mature. That's why I would encourage buying at a farmers' market or at Whole Foods, because it comes straight from the source to your table.

At least I sure hope it will - and I see good signs all the time, especially in things like the rise of local agriculture.

Maybe a person's time would be as well spent raising food as raising money to buy food.

Look at our farmers' markets today, bursting with heritage breeds and heirloom varieties, foods that were once abundant when we were an agricultural nation, but that we have lost touch with. Bringing all these back helps us connect to our roots, our communities and helps us feed America the proper way.

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.

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.

We've gotten so good at growing food that we've gone, in a few generations, from nearly half of Americans living on farms to 2 percent. We no longer think about how the wonderful things in the grocery store got there, and we'd like to go back to what we think is a more natural way.

Supermarkets don't really sustain a community, and they completely remove people from the food chain.

Basically, I go to the local farmer's market and decide to what to cook then, depending on what I find. Either my wife or I cook, and we usually finish a bottle or two of wine by the time we are done cooking and eating.

Urban conservationists may feel entitled to be unconcerned about food production because they are not farmers. But they can't be let off so easily, for they are all farming by proxy.

There's a lot of American kids think their food comes from the grocery store and the concept of seasonality has no meaning to them whatsoever.

Always farm fresh eggs, never store bought.

Strong communities are built around local, real food. Food we trust to nourish our bodies, the farmer and planet.

I believe if given the choice, Americans will choose to support American farmers when they head to the store to shop.

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

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

If you go to Italy and you drive from the airport to the town, there isn't 30 square feet that isn't planted by someone. Even next to the train tracks, they see the joy of the interaction with the planet as integral to the experience. The idea that you can get free arugula just by planting seeds... because it will regrow itself the next year. We've come a long way from foraging to now planting. The next step of that will be continuing that expansion of planting and really owning the crops.

I think the more prominent the actual product in its raw nature is to its final consumer, the more sympathy and likelihood they'll consume it they'll have. Some friends of mine are trying to do these rooftop farms in Brooklyn, and I love that idea. As long as they're using clean water and real soil and creating delicious things by the sun, then brilliant.

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

It is only with local [agriculture] that we can manage the complexity and care that sustainability requires.

I think that if people would be willing to grow some of their own food or eat locally grown organic foods on a regular basis we could significantly decrease the amount of harmful chemicals we pump into our soil every day.