The USDA is not our ally here. We have to take matters into our own hands, not only by advocating for a better diet for everyone - and that's the hard part - but by improving our own. And that happens to be quite easy. Less meat, less junk, more plants.

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Bittman appeared with Gwyneth Paltrow and Mario Batali in a PBS series called Spain. Bittman has appeared on NBC's The Today Show and NPR's All Things Considered and appeared as a guest judge on the Food Network competition series Chopped.

He is a columnist for The New York Times. 1950) is an American food journalist and author. Mark Bittman (born c.