“I do eat plants, and I know they’re living, and I’m fond of them, but I think you have to find your own level. I could live on pills, but I don’t think it’s very human to do that - that is something we dream of in the space age: food without texture or mass. I don’t think plants mind being eaten, actually. I think they’d be really sad if no-one paid that much attention to them. I appreciate them very much for the things they give me. I’d be very sad if there weren’t any vegetables, and normally it isn’t the actual plant that’s killed - it’s the fruit or vegetable that’s taken off. I think this is the purpose of plants, that they grow to be eaten. The only problem is that it has become a very mass-produced market, again, and that the really natural, unchemicalised environment doesn’t really exist. Too many chemicals are used on plants, but while there is a demand for brightly coloured food in pretty packets, that’s how it will carry on. But you can get fresh, organically grown vegetables. You can grow them yourselves, and if you look around and ask, you’ll find that there are a few shops and some local farms that sell vegetables that have not been grown in chemically fertilised ground.”

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Kate Bush