Sam Van Aken

So I became an artist.

But I have to admit that it's something within my own DNA.

And I don't think that I'm the only one.

100 years ago, we were all much more closely tied to the culture, the cultivation, and the story of our food.

And we've been separated from that.

The open orchard creates the opportunity not just to reconnect to this unknown past, but a way for us to consider what the future of our food could be.

Thank you.