The Preamble

The Preamble

The Story of How America Eats

The hands, histories, and decisions that shape how a nation feeds itself

Nov 13, 2025
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Friends,

We begin this week in unexpected places — a soybean field in Arkansas, a citrus grove in California, among the peach trees of the Willamette Valley. They all share one truth: our lives depend on people and systems we rarely see up close.

A trade deal in Beijing can decide whether a farmer in Iowa keeps his land. A century-old law can still make …

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