Description

A new and ancient story about perennial nut trees, our ecological role as humans, and the future of food

The day Elspeth Hay learned that we can eat acorns, stories shed believed her whole life began to unravel.

Until then shed always believed we must grow our staple foods in farmed fields the same fields wreaking havoc on our land, air, and water. But all over the Northern Hemisphere, Hay learned, humans once grew our staple foods in forest gardens centered on perennial nut trees: oaks, chestnuts, and hazelnuts. In Feed Us with Trees, Hay brings us along as she gets to know dozens of nut growers, scientists, Indigenous knowledge-keepers, researchers, and food professionalsand discovers that in tending these staple trees, we once played a vital environmental role as one of Earths keystone species.

Feed Us with Trees is Hays hopeful manifesto about a brighter, more abundant world and a critical look at the long-held stories well need to rewrite to build it. It will appeal to environmentalists, regenerative farmers, permaculture enthusiasts, agroforesters, locavores, and anyone hungry for a more vibrant future.

Author: Elspeth Hay
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Published: 07/15/2025
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.3lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780865719729
Language: English