My path has not been smooth. But the great thing about getting to be an elder is that you can look back and see the intense times of confusion and challenge, and see that if you keep walking through them, they can lead to times of great satisfaction and reward.

How we frame the world - how we talk about it and define it - affects how we see things and how we live.

The act of putting into your mouth what the earth has grown is perhaps your most direct interaction with the earth.

Hope is not what we find in evidence, it's what we become in action.

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

in a world where only a minor portion of the land is really well suited to agriculture, man is using much of the best land with dubious efficiency.

The spirit that I am advocating is reframing how we view the world, and shifting from the negativity of lack and "not enough" to the positive frame of aligning with Nature.