People + planet first 🌍

Hi friends,

Writing to you with full acknowledgement of this present dystopia and refraining from another “joy in turmoil becomes a revolutionary act.” It is… and, rage, disobedience, and action in the face of facism are also revolutionary acts. If you are not fueled with fire at the current overwhelm of neighbors being disappeared, public lands being up for sale, I implore you to appreciate that privilege, and start calling your senators like our lives depend on it. (They absolutely do.) Aforementioned public land sales were omitted from the big heinous bill specifically because of the community call to action.

I long for precedented times. For a collective agreement in people + planet over profit and to find joy in irreverent food memes again. We all deserve that. 

Activism can take many shapes. However you choose to show up in this moment, is, and will be, the revolution we need.

Yours in culinary arms–

And of course–

Stay hungry,
Hawnuh Lee | Founder, Closed Loop Cooking

Beet chip summer colors.

What’s cooking?

I made my latest salt + vinegar beet chip salad live on air at K2! You can tune into my next segment July 18th.

The dish

• I will only be referred to as Pretzel ___ from now on.

• You can donate ingredients or funds to Meals on Us to support feeding our immigrant friends.

• Garlic girl summer is the aromatic vibe I need right now.

• Must read–why prisons are a climate + human rights issue.

• Just finding about the Ceres Food Film Festival. (Deadline to submit is July 16th!)

• Oregon just launched the nation’s first extended producer responsibility program for packaging and paper recycling.

• Switzerland just mandated animal cruelty practices be declared on labels.

• Think of the lifetime use you’d get out of this baguette jacket.

For my foodie founders looking for brand + marketing support–check out closedloopstudio.com to stay in the loop for more studio updates, founder tips, and design + marketing ideas.

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