Elspeth Hay: What Is the Food System Story & Why Should We Eat More Trees?

What if the biggest food source in your neighborhood is literally falling on the ground, but you can't even see it?In this episode of Tomorrow’s Bites, we sit down with Elspeth Hay, author of Feed Us With Trees, to unpack one of the most overlooked truths in our food system: for thousands of years, humans across the Northern Hemisphere relied on nuts like acorns as staple foods, and then we stopped.Elspeth challenges the dominant story of modern agriculture. She exposes why monocultures are not “natural,” why the yield argument is deeply misleading, and how policy (not necessity) shaped today’s food landscape. We explore:Why 70 years of industrial farming reshaped ecosystems that were stable for 9,000 yearsHow government subsidies quietly dictate what ends up on your plateWhy the idea that “we must farm this way to feed the world” is a mythThe forgotten relationship between humans, fire, and oak forestsWhat entrepreneurs can learn from keystone species and ecological balance🙏 LEAVE A REVIEW If you like our podcast please leave us a review on your favourite platform – even one sentence helps! Thank you for your support; it helps the show a lot and it helps others to discover the show! 👋 GET IN TOUCH WITH US👥 ⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠📸 ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠🌎 ⁠⁠Website⁠⁠😊 The Guest: Elspeth Hay📗The Book: Feed Us With Trees