A Seat at Our Table: Why Food Is the Bridge We All Need

Food Is Political — And Always Has Been

"Food is political."

It’s something I’ve said for as long as I can remember, and if you’ve attended a presentation, listened to a podcast interview, or joined a class at the Modern Stone Age Kitchen, you've probably heard me say it too. Food touches every part of what it means to be human — it is cultural, traditional, religious, familial, deeply personal, and yes, political. It is impossible to separate the way we approach food from who we are — both individually and collectively.

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The Deeper Story Behind Every Bite

In today's world, it can feel like food is more politically charged than ever. Everywhere we look, conversations about topics like raw milk, food dyes, or industrial seed oils quickly connect to larger questions about rights, values, identity, and community.

But this connection between food and the bigger questions of life is not new. Throughout history, food has always been deeply linked to power, tradition, and belonging. Recognizing this reality isn’t about taking sides; it’s about understanding how food has shaped our shared human experience across all cultures and eras.

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True Nourishment Goes Beyond Nutrition

In Eat Like a Human, and in nearly every project we've worked on since, we’ve explored the idea that to be truly nourished, we must meet all our food-related needs — biological, emotional, cultural, spiritual, even political.

Nourishment is not just about meeting physical needs; it's about fostering connection, meaning, and identity.

One of my favorite descriptions of humanity comes from anthropologist Frances Burton, who emphasized that what makes us uniquely human is not just that we eat — all animals eat — but that we humans share food.

Sharing food is an act of community.
An act of vulnerability.
An act of hope.

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Our Commitment at Modern Stone Age

At the Modern Stone Age Kitchen, we have made a deliberate choice: we use food to bring people together.

When you walk through our doors, we invite you to leave politics at the door and join us at a table that transcends political parties, ideologies, and divisions.

Our approach to food is based on traditional and ancestral practices that were well-established thousands, hundreds of thousands, and even millions of years before the development of modern political systems.

Our food is rooted in something deeper, something older, something universal.

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Food: A Power That Can Unite Us

If we can acknowledge that food has always carried meaning beyond nutrition, we are faced with two paths:

• We can allow our differences to drive us further apart.

• Or we can recognize the extraordinary power food has to bring us together — across backgrounds, beliefs, and perspectives.

Our table is built on the foundation of true nourishment — nourishment of body, mind, and spirit.

In a time when so many forces are pulling us apart, we believe food is one of the few things powerful enough to pull us back together.

Imagine if every table — not just ours — became a place where people of all backgrounds could gather, connect, and share.

If every home embraced the idea that food is about more than sustenance — that it’s about celebrating our shared humanity — the world could look very different.

More understanding.
More compassion.
More hope.

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You Always Have a Seat at Our Table

So no matter your age, sex, gender, nationality, religious beliefs, educational background, dietary philosophy, or political affiliation — you always have a seat at our table — where food is about connection, not division.

And we hope you find a way to make space at your own table, too.

Come, be nourished.
Share a meal.
Celebrate what connects us all.

Just a small glimpse into some of the beautiful faces of our Modern Stone Age Community💗