Democracy is not what we have. It is what we do.

[Fear] means that we are human beings walking into the unknown, and that we are risking breaking with others for something we believe in.

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

We are very much social creatures who model ourselves on one another.

There is no formula. We all must become spirited inventors. There's no single answer - not even a single starting point. Even the 'teachers' ... don't offer us the answer. They do offer us approaches, ways of thinking, possibilities we can adapt, and hope that might generate in us wholly new ideas.

Little wonder that it can seem unthinkable to say "no, thanks" to the modern-day equivalent of our tribe - our fear-driven culture.

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