b'There is something pleasing about reel lawn mowers and salmon as reminders. Maybe its time for them to replace E.F. Schumacher and Wendell Berry as my Reminders-in-Chief. An old human-powered tool and an ancient species. Unlikely reminders when the subject at hand is soil organic matter and investing in local food systems, but reminders nonetheless. Perhaps a little psychological wildness (this being the ocean that exists beyond the shores of lively seriousness) is warranted, no, impelled, if we are going to find our way back up the tributaries of hope, to the places where cultural maturity may be spawned and fertile imagination fostered.Watershed. Foodshed. Moneyshed. Where our food comes from and where our money goes. Circulation. Percolation. Sir Albert Howards Law of Return. Paul and Nell Newmans putting back into the soil what we take out. Cultivation. Culture.While I was writing this, the following landed in my inbox: Just last week, Tyson Foods appointed a tech executive as its CEO as it finally prioritizes automation in its factories. Online food delivery is now ubiquitous wherever its available in the world. Those who have been agitating for more local food production could not feel more prescient as countries look inwards to protect their populations. The role of food in our health has also been flung into the spotlight as Covid-19 sufferers with food-related diseases like diabetes are worst affected. And the need to digitize the whole industryfrom farm to forkis stark as workers are imperiled to stay at home and conduct business online. If there was a time to invest in agrifoodtech, its now, and luckily many investors still are.At a projected $10.5 billion, funding levels in H1 2020 appear to be holding up against FY 2019 ($21.6 billion). While many deals 24'