This book is for my dad, who taught me to cook and inspired me to be curious and always ask the annoying questions.
This book is for Lucy, the Australopithecus woman whose fossilized bones taught us so much of what we know about ourselves and where we come from.
This book is for runners, bikers, and climbers; walkers, swimmers, and dancers; anyone who wants the energy to go further and be more.
It’s for scrimpers and savers, do-it-yourselfers and guerilla gardeners, those who use their resources to maximum efficiency,
and never stop repurposing until nothing is wasted.
It’s for every bipedal hominid that has walked under warm yellow street lamps or cool brilliant stars to get home in time for dinner.
This book is to feed your inner adventurer and sustain the perfectly adapted and evolved body you call home. No matter your age, your background, your family or your situation, we all share common ancestors, and we all share a genetic code perfectly adapted to our natural resources.
This book is dedicated to the unique DNA sequence that makes you unlike any human that ever lived, yet nearly 100% identical to your 10,000-year-old ancestors. This book is dedicated to millions of years of breakfast, lunch, and dinner, before we even agreed on what to call them.
This book is for you.
Ned Campbell
September 2013