We got hooked on grain-fed meat just as we got hooked on gas guzzling automobiles. Big cars made sense only when oil was cheap; grain-fed meat makes sense only because the true costs of producing it are not counted.

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

That's what happened when my own life crumbled. The people who came into my life bolstered me to take more risks, to be even more true to myself.

A life-long mission has been to counter the notion that political engagement is the spinach we must eat in order to have the dessert of freedom.

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

The real cause of hunger is the powerlessness of the poor to gain access to the resources they need to feed themselves.

Fear doesn't have to stop us.