Taste of Happiness

How the story unfolds

Four Pillars, one living system.

From the SOIL, through the SEED and the MAKERS' hands, to the FIRE of the kitchen. Every story we tell follows the whole path of food, and the people who protect it.
Zach Bush

Zach Bush

Founder of Farmer’s Footprint

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Regeneration really begins: not just in the soil, but in the stories we tell about who we are, and how we belong within the living world.
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One journey, from the ground to the table.

Food is never one story. It begins in soil, travels through seed and skilled hands, and the fire of the kitchen brings it all to the table. Our Four Pillars follow those connections - not as separate categories, but as parts of one living system. And Food Heroes are the people who keep it alive.
About Taste of Happiness
  • 01.The Soil
  • 02.The Seeds
  • 03.The Makers
  • 04.The Fire

Got questions?

Answers about the pillars.

Soil, Seeds, Makers and Fire, the four stages of food's journey, from the ground, through the seed and the maker's hands, to the fire of the kitchen. Every film and article we publish belongs to at least one of them.

Because food is a chain, not a single moment. The pillars let us follow the whole path of an ingredient and show how farmers, seed guardians, artisans and chefs depend on each other.

Yes. Most heroes have a primary pillar and one or more secondary ones. A chef who farms belongs to Fire and Soil. A winemaker reviving native grapes belongs to Makers and Seeds.

The four pillars are the permanent backbone of the project. New seasons add new regions and new heroes, but the journey from soil to fire stays the same.

Follow the journey

Every plate has a story. We film all chapters.

Meet the Food Heroes