b'We were shutting down small towns. We were shutting down small farms. We were shutting down local newspapers. We were shutting down diversity. We were shutting down culture in the name of commerce. We were shutting down trust. We were shutting down home and hearth in favor of fast food. We were shutting down Here in favor of Everywhere and Nowhere. We were shutting down the real in favor of the fake. Now may or may not be the moment to open up this part or that part of the economy. But it is definitely the moment to do what we can to begin making sure this time is different. Which means opening our hearts and minds to a whole new vision of nurture, culture and cultivation.There is something extremely rewarding in the act of taking some of our money away from THEREabstract, anonymous markets and crazily complex financial instrumentsand investing it HEREcloser to where we live, in things that we understand, starting with food. It certainly produces an unexpected quotient of AHA! moments, which it has been my privilege and pleasure to be in and around and to try to capture in these pages. Perhaps what weve all been learning together is that no amount of hedging our financial bets against the pandemic of distrust can produce trust. Just as we are learning that stomping out symptoms of inequality is not a proxy for justice. Just as we are learning that waging war on a virus is not a proxy for health and peace. Peace, peace of mind, a more peaceable economy, healthier modes of living, trustthese cannot be achieved or maintained until we value relationships as much as we do transactions. 21'