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A relationship of exchange

Robin Wall Kimmerer
March 2026 (Vol. XXXIX, No. 3)

Food is rarely in short supply for Saskatoons but mobility is rare. Movement is a gift of the pollinators, but the energy needed to support the buzzing around is scarce. So the trees and the insects create a relationship of exchange that benefits both.

~ Robin Wall Kimmerer in THE SERVICEBERRY: ABUNDANCE AND RECIPROCITY IN THE NATURAL WORLD
THE SERVICEBERRY: ABUNDANCE AND RECIPROCITY IN THE NATURAL WORLD
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