A conversation on the evolution of agriculture and foodways, and how that has affected representations of landscape, cuisine—and a cracker box.

In early September, the partners of Field Station 3’s Postnatural Landscapes project met at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in Illinois to view the demonstration garden, this year curated by paleoethnobotanist and ancient crops expert Gayle Fritz and food systems planner Lynn Peemoeller. The group discussed the evolution of agriculture and foodways in the region and how that has affected representations of landscape, cuisine, and a cracker box. What follows is an edited version of this wide-ranging conversation.