Some of you, like Miyoko Schinner and Ryan Bethencourt, wrote letters to one another imagining a world without animals in our food system. Others like Roz Naylor wrote responses to policy proposals from Michael Pollan / Ricardo Salvador and Kimbal Musk respectfully. These in turn provoked other responses from the likes of John Ikerd, Share Our Strength’s Billy Shore, filmmaker Laura Silverbush, FEED’s Ellen Gustafson, Seed & Salt’s Mo K Clancy, Urban Remedy’s NEKA PASQUALE, and more.

The conversation opened up to include other important figures in food posting on matters of whether we should have meat in our system, spiritual connections to food, and sustainability solutions for the future. This includes Andrew Weil, M.D. (here), Gramercy Tavern’s Michael Anthony (here), butcher Cara Nicoletti (here), Serious Eats (here), activist Amy Novogratz (here), EAT’s Gunhild A Stordalen (here), and author Caitlin Shetterly (here). These provoked hundreds of meaningful and diverse responses from the likes of Monsanto Ventures’ head John Edward Hamer and GMO Answers.

These also sparked editorial explorations: Ferris Jabr’s look into organic GMO’s, an expose on distant water tuna fishing practices by Kalee Thompson, Sandra Upson’s exploration of rising egg prices, profiles of five school food entrepreneurs and a school that serves lunch family-style.

This also inspired Steven Johnson’s team at How We Get To Next to dedicated activity to the Future of Food for the month of November, with posts like this and this: