The deepest harvest ethic is taking only what is given, more primal than need

Evidence

This gray area yields then to a rule more primal than need, an old teaching nearly forgotten now in the din of industry and technology. Deeply rooted in cultures of gratitude, this ancient rule is not just to take only what you need, but to take only that which is given. — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 667

Categorization

• DEFINE: Sharpens the definition of the Honorable Harvest past the earlier ‘take only what you need’ canon to its deeper form, ‘take only what is given.’
• XREF: Pays off the earlier ch42 cautionary-store discussion and refines the reciprocity ethic across the polyad.