Apr 28, 2026
Anthropologist Andrew Flachs's new book
explores the food system through the lens of values like soil
health, human health, biodiversity, and rural communities—not just
profits and yields.
In his new book, Feeding the World as if People Mattered: How
Small Farms Produce Value Beyond Yields, he shows how we
could, by...
Apr 14, 2026
Bees live at the foundation of our food system—but they are
imperiled by industrial agriculture. Sarah
Red-Laird is helping to revive farm and ranch lands by
cultivating healthy and diverse bee habitats. She teaches
bee-friendly practices, including cover-cropping, no-till, and
reduction of chemical use, which help...
Apr 1, 2026
Nate Chisholm is in a lifelong exploration of the savanna ecosystem—the landscape in which the first human societies evolved, and some of the most biodiverse places on the planet. Savannas are where we learned to hunt and gather. Ironically, as human beings developed technology, starting with stone tools, we altered...