The Connection to Humans Is Very Powerful

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I didn't come from a food procuring family. And i think as a population, our very sense of what food is has gravitated away from the plants and te animals and toward the boxes and bags. I am not anti modern, but i think there's a downside when we lose connection with the actual plants and the actual animals that are the foods that humans thrive on.

What did author and Washington Post columnist Tamar Haspel learn from her quest to eat at least one thing she'd grown, caught, or killed every day? For starters, that just-caught fish always tastes better (unless you've caught a false albacore). That all it takes to build a coop is the will and the right power tools, and that when it comes to homegrown produce, you've got none until you've got way too much. But most of all, she tells EconTalk's Russ Roberts in talking about her book To Boldly Grow, she learned that figuring stuff out to solve problems is more delicious than the most decadent of desserts.