Insights

Our perspectives on what we're reading, learning, hearing, and seeing.

Scaling the System: How One Success Story Becomes a Sector

PARTNERSHIPS

Adapted from my keynote at the U.S.-Nepal Commercial Diplomacy CEO Dialogue in Biratnagar, Nepal, July 2026.

The Packaging Paradox: A Holistic Look at Packaging and Food Waste

Food Waste Prevention

When does packaging solve a problem, when does it create one, and how do we balance the tradeoffs between packaging waste and food waste?

The Ajax and the Lingcod: What My Mom’s Fishing Boat Taught Me About Food Systems

Blue Economy

On the grit behind our seafood, the invisible economics of small-boat fishing, and what it will take to keep the people who feed us going.

Back in Japan. Still thinking about the food.

Systems Thinking

James reflects on his trip to Japan and the balance between locally grown food and an increasingly import-dependent food system.