Throughout human history and prehistory, few people would have needed a “food philosophy” to help guide their eating habits and choices. Most of our ancestors simply ate whatever was edible in their particular environment when it was available, storing any excess for later use during the lean months of the year.
Ecological realities were painfully evident and personal: if your tribe took too many resources from a landscape, you’d soon suffer by way of less food in the near future, plus whatever other negative ripple effects your actions caused within the food web. If a natural disaster hit, your “pantry” would immediately be bare, and there wasn’t an app for grocery delivery or neighboring states to deliver aid.
