Quotes About Community

America is a such a melting pot, I'm not sure if roast chicken is the classic comfort food for everybody.

People are hungry in these communities. They don't know how they are going to get food.

Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness.

Shake the hand that feeds you.

Americans threw away their communities in order to save a few dollars on hair dryers and plastic food storage tubs, never stopping to reflect on what they were destroying.

The thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me.

Preparing food is not just about yourself and others. It is about everything!

The food in the South is as important as food anywhere because it defines a person's culture.

Food is a subject of conversation more spiritually refreshing even than the weather, for the number of possible remarks about the weather is limited, whereas of food you can talk on and on and on.

I will go to the NAACP convention, and explain to the African-American community why they should demand paychecks instead of food stamps.

Cooking and shopping for food brings rhythm and meaning to our lives.

Unlike curing cancer or heart disease, we already know how to beat hunger: food.

So how as a nation can we sit around and eat Mexican food, and drink beer and make friends? That's the question. If we can do that on a broader scale, I think we'll come out of it all right.

I never feel lonely in the kitchen. Food is very friendly.

When you're out grocery shopping for your family, maybe you can put a can of cat or dog food in your cart and bring it to an animal relief center.

It's more intimate. Food can connect people in a forever sort of way.

Supporting local food production is so much healthier for people. It's better for the local economy, and it's a lot of fun.

You can't just eat good food. You've got to talk about it too. And you've got to talk about it to somebody who understands that kind of food.

Security for agriculture merits serious concern by not only the agricultural community but our nation as a whole. The risk to the U.S. food supply and overall economy is real.

The sharing of food is like breaking bread, it's very symbolic.

Food is one of the great organizing tools.

I was an organizer in the Food, Agricultural and Tobacco Workers Union down in North Carolina.

Feasting is also closely related to memory. We eat certain things in a particular way in order to remember who we are. Why else would you eat grits in Madison, New Jersey?

The food system is a very complex beast. There are people who are going to get their food at Wal-Mart or at Safeway; they're not going to the farmers' market. Those people need choices too.