Working with food was fraught with anxiety when I was a girl. Like all farmers, we were at the mercy of the weather, and we lived in fear of crop failure.
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Growing up, I was prone to anxiety.
Food can become such a point of anxiety - not because it's food, but just because you have anxiety. That's how eating disorders develop.
When I was a young man, I was overly sensitive to things, and I found it difficult to eat when I was nervous.
I think for me, food was a way for me to deal with emotional trouble.
I always felt that I had anxiety of survival in terms of livelihood even when I was making plenty of money.
With success came an ever-growing burden of responsibility. I lived with a near-constant low-level anxiety that I would make a mistake that would not only threaten my career, but also my brothers' - not to mention the livelihoods of many people who work with us or for us.
I try to show that I have no fear. When you grow up hungry, you're not afraid of anything.
I have a generally optimistic temperament and am thrilled by what I see as a rapidly growing food movement, especially among young people who care about how food is produced and what it does to their health and the environment.
I got a fascination with food.
I inherited that calm from my father, who was a farmer. You sow, you wait for good or bad weather, you harvest, but working is something you always need to do.
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