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Thank you for the shout-out! I loved this issue a lot. I think about the effect that supply and demand has on food all the time, and it was a treat to read your smart observations on that phenomenon.

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So glad to have you reading, Hurley! there's so much to think about and I'm just grateful for how many people are here writing about it.

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I inhabit two worlds, the desert (Phoenix) and an island in Maine and I write mostly about food indigenous to Maine. How you weave together ancient grains and your nostalgic backstory and food indigenous to the desert and making food amends--not only aspirational but educational.

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ah thanks so much Amie! Maine keeps popping up in reading I'm doing, I've never visited but it seems like a really interesting place from the food angle and in general.

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Sep 24, 2023Liked by Devin Kate Pope

“I am concerned, though, when I see liberation trying to be made via the same machine that has brought so much injustice.” ...you know what they say about the master’s tools!! Excellent read, as always :)

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you're reading my mind! Always influenced by Audre Lorde :)

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Thank you for this thoughtful essay! I feel like this topic often gets tangled in conversations about cultural appropriation that don't ultimately lead to anything beyond outrage, so I appreciate that you included tangible steps we can take to further a discussion that is often repetitive.

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Thanks so much, Anisha! writing about this topic felt pretty tangled in my mind, but I'm glad it's making some sense.

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Another problem with that NPR quote .. “America and Europe”-which America? America shouldn’t default to North America. Thanks for the article.

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I completely agree, thank you for pointing that out! America isn’t a monolith.

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