Reaping, by Nancy Matsumoto
Writing about short, direct, transparent & equitable food supply chains, and the amazing people who are building them. My book, "Reaping What She Sows: How Women Art Fixing Our Broken Food System," is due out October 28, 2025 from Melville House.
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Meet the Next Generation Chef Leaders, Part II (opens the original)
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Hello Readers!Back in February, I brought you the stories of Jessie Arnett, Tristan Haverfield, and Nathan Tucker, three Culinary Institute of America (CIA) students on their way to becoming professional chefs. They’re at an age—all of them are 19 years old—where many different pathways are open to them, and through trial and error they’re setting the future course of their lives. All of them prioritize sustainable values in food and hospitality, but how they will
Reaping Substack Live Video Episode 8 with McKenna Lickle and Nicolette van der Lee (opens the original)
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Hello Readers and Viewers! This week, instead of my usual bi-weekly Substack Live video, I’m bringing you some short videos I shot during my spring visit to Maui, Hawai’i. Pre-contact and colonization, islanders were able to feed themselves through sustainable agricultural, aquaculture, foraging and bird hunting techniques. Today, 85 to 95 percent of the food eaten on Maui is imported from off i
Mapping the Promise of Perennial Foods (opens the original)
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Reaping Substack Live Video Episode 7 with For Farmers Movement Founder Dana DiPrima (opens the original)
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Hi Viewers!Welcome to “Reaping” Substack Live Video Episode 7 with Dana DiPrima, the founder of the For Farmers Movement. For Farmers is a consumer-funded, volunteer-operated, totally grassroots system of connecting eaters to the small- and and mid-size farms that feed us.Dana has devised an ingenious method of both elevating small- and medium-sized farmers so they’re seen, and funding them through a mix of individual and organizational donations. Individuals can nominate a farm they’d like to s
Farewell to a San Francisco Climate Solutions Restaurant Pioneer (opens the original)
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