Feed Us with Trees (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, 2025
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Paperback. 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 she'd believed her whole life began to unravel.Until then she'd 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 centred 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 professionals and discovers that in tending these staple trees, we once played a vital environmental role as one of Earth's keystone species.Feed Us with Trees is Hay's hopeful manifesto about a brighter, more abundant world and a critical look at the long-held stories we'll 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. Were thinking about agriculture all wrong. Feed Us with Trees breaks down the stories trapping us in todays ruinous food system and destroying our ecological healthand reminds us that all over the Northern Hemisphere, humans once grew our staple foods on perennial nut trees such as oaks, chestnuts, and hazelnuts. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Feed Us with Trees (Paperback)
- Author
- Elspeth Hay
- Publisher
- New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0865719721
- ISBN 13
- 9780865719729
What if the future of food grew on trees―and had been with us all along?
From acorns to chestnuts, hazelnuts, and beyond, discover the ancient staple crops that could nourish people and heal the planet.
What You'll Learn in Feed Us with Trees
In this groundbreaking and hopeful book, food writer Elspeth Hay reveals how nut trees can transform our diets, landscapes, and future. Drawing from Indigenous knowledge, cutting-edge science, and conversations with farmers and foragers, Hay shows how we can reclaim our role as a keystone species by tending perennial food systems that regenerate rather than deplete the Earth.
Inside, you'll discover:
- Ancient wisdom, modern solutions ― how cultures across the Northern Hemisphere once relied on nut trees as staple foods, and why this matters today.
- Nutrient-dense, climate-smart foods ― nuts are packed with protein, healthy fats, and resilience for a warming world.
- Practical pathways forward ― from agroforestry and permaculture to backyard food forests, learn how you can be part of the shift.
- New stories for a thriving future ― how rethinking what we eat can help us reimagine our place in Earth's ecosystems.
Why This Book Matters
Agriculture as we know it is one of the largest drivers of climate change, water depletion, and biodiversity loss. Yet Hay uncovers a forgotten truth: we don't need to choose between feeding ourselves and sustaining the planet. By restoring perennial food systems centered on nut trees, we can build a future that is abundant, equitable, and resilient.
Whether you're an environmentalist, regenerative farmer, permaculture enthusiast, agroforester, locavore, or simply hungry for change, this book will inspire you to imagine food differently―and give you the tools to start.
Whatever are we going to eat on this cramped, ever-hotter planet of ours? …The trees just might have our backs.―Paul Greenberg, author, Four Fish and A Third Term
If you care about food security, climate change, or the health of future generations, this book belongs on your shelf.
Buy Feed Us with Trees today and discover how nut trees can help us rewrite the future of food.
AWARDS
- GOLD | 2026 Nautilus Book Award: Restorative Earth Practices
- SILVER | 2025 Living Now Book Awards: Green Living – Alternative Energy, Conservation, Gardening
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About the Author
Elspeth Hay is a writer and the creator and host of the Local Food Report, a weekly feature that has aired on Cape Cod’s NPR station since 2008. Deeply immersed in her own local-food system, she writes and reports for print, radio, and online media with a focus on food, the environment, and the people, places, and ideas that feed us. She lives in Wellfleet, MA.
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