In this first of two Deep Roots Radio interviews, journalist Elspeth Hay introduces us to her fresh off the presses book, Feed Us With Trees: Nuts and the Future of Food.

She describes what describes what agriculture looked like before Columbus, how European settlers forced change, and what we’ve lost in a cloud of myth and misinformation. Ms. Hay moves us through a re-examination of permaculture, as well as economic and social opportunities possible in the future.

Elspeth Hay is a writer in print, radio and online, focused on food, the environment, and the people, places and ideas that feed us.

She is the creator and host of The Local Food Report, a weekly feature that has aired on Cape Cod’s NPR station since 2008.