We can't see ahead of time what actions are going to be the ones that move history in dramatic ways.

Our food system takes abundant grain,which people can't afford,and shrinks it into meat,which better-off people will pay for.

Hope is a stance, not an assessment.

I also believe that it's almost impossible for people to change alone. We need to join with others who will push us in our thinking and challenge us to do things we didn't believe ourselves capable of.

Honest hope has an edge. It's messy. It requires that we let go of all pat answers, all preconceived formulas, all confidence that our sailing will be smooth. It's not a resting point. Honest hope is movement.

A teacher told me this story some time ago: She asked her students to line up in order of how much power they thought they had relative to the others in the class, and they all fought to be last in line. They didn't want to acknowledge that they had personal power.

Approaches to growing food that align with nature changed human relationships.