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Who am I?
Humans have always had an extremely intimate connection to the food we eat since we first emerged in Africa nearly 300,000 years ago. As human populations grew and spread across the globe, the complexity of our food systems grew with us. Behind every food eaten today is a web of stories that was intricately woven by past peoples who had a plethora of forms of social organization. Understanding how and why humans domesticate plants, animals, and more recently fungi, is key to deciphering our messy past, as well as for illuminating possible sustainable paths for our future in the midst of the Anthropocene. My name is Charlie Bruder and I am a microbiologist, bioanthropologist, and farmer who is interested in researching food systems, the genetic signatures of domestication, and the impact of the climate crisis on human social organization.
