“With the growth of both urbanization and globalization, consumers are ...” — Denise Morrison Quote

With the growth of both urbanization and globalization, consumers are becoming increasingly disconnected from their food.

The entrepreneurial spirit has moved from the garage in high-tech to the kitchen in food.

I know there are no sure bets or overnight miracles.

I see more people taking charge of their well-being through the use of data and digital sensors, wearable health bands, and smartphone apps that can track and quantify everything from their heart rate, blood pressure, and sleep quality to steps walked and calories consumed.

The thing that I learned early on is you really need to set goals in your life, both short-term and long-term, just like you do in business. Having that long-term goal will enable you to have a plan on how to achieve it.

I don't do the same food in Tokyo that I do in Vegas and vice versa. If I did that, two weeks later I would have no customers.

I wear a pedometer, aiming for five miles a day - don't be too impressed; that includes walking around my house and food shopping.

Corn is an efficient way to get energy calories off the land and soybeans are an efficient way of getting protein off the land, so we've designed a food system that produces a lot of cheap corn and soybeans resulting in a lot of cheap fast food.

I translate Hawaii as a place where people make sure I'm having a great time, eating terrific food, without any expectation of anything in return. It's a place for people to be happy. It sounds corny, but in Hawaii, it's not; it's uncorny.