Sustainable harvesting is deepened by deliberately giving back more than is taken

Evidence

The teachings tell us that a harvest is made honorable by what you give in return for what you take. There is no escaping the fact that Lionel’s care will result in more martens on his trapline. There is no escaping the fact that they will also be killed. Feeding mama martens is not altruism; it is deep respect for the way the world works, for the connections between us, of life flowing into life. The more he gives, the more he can take, and he goes the extra mile to give more than he takes. — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 704

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the Honorable Harvest canon as an exchange where giving more enables taking more, grounded in ecological connection rather than altruism.
• ADDENDUM: Directly extends the sacrifice article’s logic — care given to prey before taking their lives is a reciprocal offering rather than a one-way extraction.
• XREF: connects to: Earth gives unasked yet may itself be nourished by our giving — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 353; Having too-efficient harvesting tools lets people take more than is sustainable — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 637; Giving something away can make it grow rather than diminish — , A Year of World Stories, 11790 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Giving something away can make it grow rather than diminish #corroborates (0.85) — , A Year of World Stories, 11790
• Replanting reverses the harvest and asks the land’s permission to give back #exemplifies (0.82) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 728