
Bananas have fascinated me for years.
Not the fruit itself—though they are wonderful—but everything they represent. The systems behind them. The stories. The hidden costs. The bloodlines.
It started when I first went to Guatemala and learned that it was the original banana republic. I remember sitting in a small village, listening to locals speak about the violence they had endured during ...

There’s a story we’re often told about vision.
That’s something we must generate. That the future is a thing to be invented, hammered out of nothing, as though creativity comes from effort alone.
But when you look closely at artists, at nature, at life itself, you start to see something else.
You see that the most beautiful things are not forced… they’re found.Michelangelo once said, “I saw ...

Why Real Solutions Start With Real Problems (Not Just Pretty Designs)
This week, I had the huge honor of being called in as an advisor by my friend and mentor Alex Kronick — founder of Caoba Farms, (insert link to caoba farms website) in my opinion the best farm-to-table restaurant in Central America.
Alex has been farming for over 20 years. He’s a master grower, an innovator, and a serious fo...
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