We all have a version of ourselves we want to be…Who cooks real food instead of reaching for takeout.Who walks to the store instead of driving a mile.The person who buys less and repairs more.Who chooses reading a book over scrolling Instagram. But then… life happens. We get tired, we get busy, we forget. And little by little, our daily […]
Elspeth Hay is a writer and food systems thinker who’s inviting us to radically rethink how we grow our food. In her book Feed Us with Trees, she uncovers a forgotten story—one in which humans once thrived by cultivating staple foods like acorns, chestnuts, and hazelnuts in forest gardens rather than plowed fields. Through conversations with Indigenous knowledge-keepers, scientists, nut […]
I used to think companies were just giving us what we wanted. If people asked for faster cars, cheaper clothes, or tastier snacks, companies would listen and deliver. The market follows demand. Right? But then the day came when I realized that I was wrong – it works the other way around. Companies create what they want to sell, and […]