“Food preparation is a sacred activity. If you could see the sparks of light going forth from the fingertips when cooking, and the energy that goes into the food you handle, you would realize how much of you imbues into the meals that you prepare for family and friends.”
– Sally Fallon Morell

"The Buddha spoke of a future dark age when the elements of nature become imbalanced and cause great harm. New diseases will appear, new types of weapons will be invented and so on. The Buddha also described the dark age as a time when all that is natural and authentic loses importance and instead people worship what is artificial and false. This applies to people as well as to things...

(Today) People aren't interested in the real thing. But if we can come up with something that seems like the real deal then it's popular right away. The same goes for the food we eat. People rarely appreciate genuine natural ingredients. We prefer products that are processed, artificial and most important cheap. Everywhere we're surrounded by products that are artificial and cheap while the genuine, uncontaminated and authentic is becoming rare. We live in the twenty-first century and we like to think of ourselves as modern, sophisticated and civilized. But honestly what kind of civilization pays tribute to things that are fake, cheap and contaminated?"
– Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche