Limits: Grounding our vision in reality

It is all well and good to talk about a vision for a different future, to imagine a world where we all have the capacity to thrive and flourish. To talk about transforming our relationship and connection with food, and building food systems that nourish our bodies, minds, and spirits while connecting us to ourselves, each other, and the living biosphere.

However, we must face the fact that we live on a finite planet. That living on a finite planet means that there are physical limits, boundaries and universal laws we cannot change. And as we bring our vision of living in a world where our food and food systems truly nourish us into being, we must make sure they work within physical and universal limits and constraints. In other words, we must make sure that our food systems are built for a finite planet.

So, in this episode, we will look at the one physical limit that determines what is, and what is not sustainable for the long term, and I will likely explain things differently than you have heard before.

So, what are the limits? And how do we, as everyday people, make sense of them? How do we use them to make meaningful change in our lives, communities and societies?