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Eat Like Breathe
A decentralized food co-op designed to relocalize food, rebuild local economies, and help people gradually return to the land.
Eat Like Breathe (ELB) is not just about organic food.
It is a practical framework for letting go of an over-centralized food system — and building a healthier, human-scale alternative.
WHY ELB EXISTS?
Why the food system must decentralize
Today’s food system is highly centralized, heavily intermediated, and disconnected from land, seasons, and people.
At the same time:
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Small and mid-size farmers struggle to survive
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Local producers lack direct access to communities
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Urban families want better food, but often have no real alternative.
Awareness is not the problem.
Infrastructure is.
Eat Like Breathe exists to rebuild that missing layer — locally, gradually, and voluntarily.
WHAT ELB IS
What is Eat Like Breathe?
Eat Like Breathe is a decentralized food co-op framework that:
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Connects local farmers, makers, and small producers directly with communities
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Creates steady cash flow for regenerative, small-scale food production
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Allows people to support a new food reality with everyday spending
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Gradually builds collective capacity to acquire land and form settlements
It is designed for people at different stages of readiness — not only for those ready to move to the land today.
CORE IDEA
“One should eat as naturally as one breathes”
Food should not be a constant battle of labels, guilt, trends, and control.
It should be local, seasonal, simple, and alive — just like breathing.
Letting go in food is the first practical freedom:
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Freedom from industrial dependency
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Freedom from abstraction
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Freedom from total centralization
Eat Like Breathe is where philosophy becomes daily behavior.
HOW IT WORKS
How the ELB ecosystem works
Eat Like Breathe operates through three forms of participation.
All three support the same decentralized system.
ELB ecosystem
1. Regular Customers
2. Members
For people who simply want:
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Seasonal, real food
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Direct support of local producers
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A better alternative to industrial supply chains
No ideology required.
Just conscious purchasing.
For people who want to vote for a new reality with their dollar.
Members:
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Receive a 10% benefit on purchases
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Can use it as a discount or
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Allocate it toward a collective land & infrastructure fund
This allows people to:
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Save toward a future kin domain or homestead
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Participate even if they are not ready to move
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Find community before relocation, not after
3. Ambassadors (Facilitators)
For people who want to be actively involved.
Ambassadors:
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Connect local farmers, artisans, and makers with community demand
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Help onboard producers into the ELB ecosystem
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Strengthen local economies from within
They are not influencers.
They are facilitators of relocalization.
ELB - infrastructure of new local economy
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WHAT MAKES ELB DIFFERENT
More than a food co-op
Eat Like Breathe is not just:
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A discount club
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A CSA box
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An online organic store
It is designed to combine two forms of power:
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Material power — recurring cash flow from everyday food spending
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Social power — relationships, trust, and cooperation
Together, these make something rare possible:
People don’t just buy better food — they build a pathway toward a different way of living.
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LONG-TERM DIRECTION
From food → community → land
Eat Like Breathe is intentionally designed to grow in stages:
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Relocalizing food
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Forming real community
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Building collective capital
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Acquiring land together
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Supporting kin domains and small settlements
This mirrors proven collective investment frameworks (similar in spirit to real-estate crowdfunding models), but applies them first to food, then to land — slowly, sustainably, and voluntarily.
No abrupt exits.
No forced timelines.
No separation from the real world.
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WHO IT’S FOR
Who Eat Like Breathe is for
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People who want real food from real farmers
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People who want to support a healthier local economy
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People curious about life beyond permanent urban dependence
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Farmers and makers seeking direct access to communities
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Facilitators who want to help build local infrastructure
You don’t need to change your life overnight.
You just need a direction.
What Eat Like Breathe phrase actually means?
The phrase "One should eat just as one breathes" from the Ringing Cedars of Russia book series by Vladimir Megre, reflects the idea that eating should be as natural and essential to our daily lives as breathing. The series promotes living in harmony with nature, and this phrase suggests that our approach to eating should be instinctive and in rhythm with our body's natural needs, just as breathing is an automatic and vital process.
The context of the phrase within the series emphasizes simplicity and purity in one's diet, suggesting that just as we do not consciously control our breathing, we should not overcomplicate our eating with unnatural diets or processed foods. It advocates for a connection to the source of our nourishment, implying that eating wholesome, natural foods is integral to our well-being, much like clean air is essential for breathing.
The overarching message is one of mindfulness and awareness of the body's natural requirements, advocating for a lifestyle that respects and aligns with the natural world. It's about listening to one's body and eating foods that are as close to their natural state as possible—organic, unprocessed, and free of artificial additives.
Interest in Eat Like Breathe (ELB)
This is not a commitment. It helps us understand who resonates and what to build first.