Commentary
Food has been in the news a lot lately. On the one hand, the United States is in the midst of a catastrophic farm crisis that has destroyed some 63 farms a day since 2017, most of them small family farms, and has accelerated in 2025.
Cows graze on a farm in Petal, Miss., on Sept. 24, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Charles Eisenstein
Author
Charles Eisenstein is a philosopher, author, and public speaker best known for his thought-provoking books on civilization, consciousness, money, and ecology, including “The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible and Sacred Economics.” With a background in mathematics and philosophy from Yale and a lifelong quest to understand humanity’s spiritual and systemic crises, he writes from a place of deep inquiry, humility, and hope.
