Happy August {{first name | my friend}},

Thank you all for the great response to the foraging videos with Robin Greenfield. I’ve got another for you to watch today!

I think our foraging series is one of the more important we’ve made, because it is truly the definition of decentralized solutions and independence and food security. In addition to the ‘in-the-field’ videos harvesting, we sat down with Robin for additional wisdom…

If you’ve never tried Aronia berry, you need to see this. I tasted it for the very first time when we filmed this.

🤔 DID YOU KNOW?: Monarch butterflies practice self-medication. When infected by a parasite, they seek out milkweed high in cardenolides—a chemical toxic to most species but lethal to their specific parasite. They're not just eating. They're diagnosing themselves and prescribing their own treatment based on what their body needs. That's biological self-awareness at an insect scale.

🩺 HEALTH HACK: Your core temperature needs to drop 2 degrees to fall asleep, but heat stops it cold. Even small humidity or warmth trapped against your skin can wreck REM sleep. Keep your room at 65–68°F and swap heavy bedding for breathable cotton that lets heat escape.

✨ MAGICAL PLACE: Namibia's Sossusvlei and Deadvlei are hidden behind 1,000-foot dunes that shift from rust-red to gold with the light. Deadvlei's ghostly white salt pan is ringed by blackened trees that died 900 years ago but still stand. It's the kind of place photos can't quite capture.

If you've sat on the couch too worn out for the event, the birthday, the afternoon with grandkids — if you're done wondering if you have the energy for a plan you made — this is for you.

Your body never gave out on you. It's been trying its best, but you may not know how to reduce sluggishness.

Most medicine treats what shows up on the chart: the symptom, the number, the part that hurts on that given day. It rarely looks ‘underneath the hood’… where there’s inflammation that’s been burning quietly for years. Your immune system worn so thin it can't tell friend from foe anymore, so it starts attacking the body it was built to protect.

That's why you're tired in a way sleep can't fix. Or why “the fog” won't lift.

There IS a way to put that fire out and rebuild. Thirty-five doctors and health experts—David Perlmutter, Joel Fuhrman, Ocean Robbins among them—are hosting an event called IMMUNE FOR LIFE. Save your seat here to learn how to cool the inflammation and help your immune system find balance again.

You also get a cool book right away: 12 Exercises for Muscle Strength. Start rebuilding today.

Would you like to see and learn basics and principles of foraging?

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🌿 Yes, show me foraging skills (92.1%)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Not for me (7.9%)

To a healing future,

— Rob