Feed Us With Trees: Humans as a Keystone Species

As a girl, Elspeth Hay learned that we humans are a blight on the natural world. Her lived experience confirmed this story time and again—until the day she learned that humans can eat acorns. Suddenly, things began to shift. In her new book, Feed Us with Trees: Nuts and the Future of Food, Elspeth reveals the ancient relationship between humans, fire, and our keystone nut trees—and the ways we can work together again to revitalize our world.