V~Into: April 2025

Fully into spring, this month's collection of recommendations centers around the power of regenerative-focused brands and efforts. From urban beekeeping and cotton crops to fungal-dominant compost and drought-tolerant vinegar alternatives, here's a list of our latest finds.
Conversation: REV On Air Podcast with Sam Nana-Sinkam
An interview from Rêve En Vert with Sam Nana-Sinkam, founder of Bloom Farm, a regenerative chestnut farm and wellness destination in Pennsylvania.
Listen: SABLE, fABLE from Bon Iver
Listening to the new album SABLE, fABLE from Bon Iver who collaborated with a host of sustainably-minded food brands for the album launch.
Taste: Figure 8 Persimmon Vinegar and Flamingo Estate Winter Harvest Ambrosia Fuyu Hachiya Persimmon Vinegar
Both sourced from White Buffalo Land Trust (read our Main Meal feature with Jesse Smith of WBLT) providing a climate-appropriate and drought-tolerant crop alternative to apple cider vinegar.
Watch: Keeper
Shortlisted for Oscars Best Documentary Short, Keeper is the story of a Bronx beekeeper and his daughter caring for their hives in the face of a cancer diagnosis. Shown at the Ceres Food Film Festival with additional screening information from @keeperdoc.
Engage: DIRT
A charity founded by model Arizona Muse working globally to turn fashion into a climate solution by shifting the production of fashion crops toward biodiversity and regenerative farming.
Download: Pl@ntNet App
A citizen science project on plant biodiversity using image recognition to identify plants in the wild and "weeds" in the garden.
Bioremediate: Finca Tierra Negra Compost
A Los Angeles-based specialty compost company offer 1-pound bags of potent compost packed with billions of Indigenous Microorganisms in a fundal-dominant blend. Created for the purpose of amending and healing backyard soil.
Brand: Maria McManus
An anti-fast fashion and anti-throwaway brand working to create less waste, lessen the use of chemicals and the overuse of water in fashion production. We like their recycled cashmere with yarns certified by the Global Recycled Standard.