Kevin Fishner

Investor in new cities, owner of @eatRadius, former early team @HashiCorp. Trying to make my world smaller.

[Lars Doucet @larsiusprime]

It's been 5 years. Here's my retrospective on this whole Land Value Tax thing, ever since I wrote that first book review that hijacked my entire life.

https://t.co/1jIT07cSG2

[Kevin Fishner @KFishner]

@peerbase_ @ipecity Sent you a DM!

[Kevin Fishner @KFishner]

Great study by the Center for Land Economics on a California land value tax instead of a billionaire wealth tax. If you're going to tax, tax land and not wealth. Much better incentives and land can't fly to a different tax jurisdiction.

[Kevin Fishner @KFishner]

@jlaufr Fair! The ones that have the type of reverence and craft you’re talking about are NON and Muri - both served in restaurants with high standards and inspire conversation

[Kevin Fishner @KFishner]

Great research by @larsiusprime !

[Kevin Fishner @KFishner]

To be clear, I don't support an additional tax. Ideally a California LVT and revoking Prop 13 could replace a significant portion of California's other tax streams. A lot of people would find California more attractive if there was a 5% income tax + LVT.

[Kevin Fishner @KFishner]

I’ve met some of my favorite people at Edge Esmeralda over the last few years. Come spend a day, a week, a month with us in Healdsburg this June!

[Edge City @JoinEdgeCity]

@EdgeEsmeralda is a popup village for people who believe the future can be better and are actively working to make it happen ☀️

It is taking place May 30 - June 27, and we would love for you to join us.

Applications are open here: https://t.co/8BbJgQeoxh

[Kevin Fishner @KFishner]

Proactive prevention > reactive treatment

Just the beginning for @jwmares and @truemed to heal American healthcare

[Justin Mares @jwmares]

Today, 90%+ of healthcare spend (all $4.5T of it) goes towards treating chronic conditions after someone is sick.

Less than 3% of that spend goes towards prevention.

@Truemed exists to get more people investing in True Medicine. Exercise, food, supplements, movement, sleep, toxin removal… lifestyle interventions that help people treat and prevent disease, not just treat the symptoms of underlying sickness.

We’re building tools that allow qualified individuals to unlock the $160B in tax-free HSA/FSA funds, and use them on these root-cause interventions.

Since launching just 2.5 years ago, we’ve helped almost a million individuals pay for these interventions, and we’re just getting started.

If we want to fix healthcare in America, we fundamentally have to help Americans get healthier.

I’m extremely proud to announce our $34M Series A led by a16z, and am excited to continue our work to end the chronic disease crisis.

[Andy Bromberg @andy_bromberg]

My wife Alexa and I learned the hard way: homes can be (very) toxic. It took us a year to find & fix the cause of our health issues.

Nobody should need to go through that.

So w/ our friend @jwmares we incubated Lightwork: the world's most data-driven home health assessment.

🧵

[Kevin Fishner @KFishner]

The Meme Machine by Susan Blackmore is one of the most thought provoking books I've ever read. Now I'm investing in a different type of meme machine - @iamjasonlevin's Memelord

[Jason Levin @iamjasonlevin]

ANNOUNCEMENT:

I raised $3 million to make memes.

Yes, seriously.

Memes make millions.

Welcome to the new https://t.co/2oO8zR7FkB

[Radius Butcher & Grocery @eatRadius]

Thanksgiving pre-orders are now open! We have a wonderful menu this year featuring products from local farms with the highest integrity practices.

[Kevin Fishner @KFishner]

@W2Freedom Most local meat brands likely aren't having their processor shrink wrap the beef. It's mostly for chains that need to ship across the country / across the world

[Kevin Fishner @KFishner]

We worked on this project for several months. Time well spent to build a cleaner food system

[Seed Oil Scout📱🫡 @SeedOilScout]

The cleanest butcher in Texas tested every step of their supply chain to see where plastics are entering American beef @eatRadius

Whole Foods grass fed ribeye tested off-the-charts for toxic phthalates earlier this year, but no one could figure out where it was coming from... @natfriedman @plasticlistorg

Initial theories included:
- Plastic wrap on hay bails making it into cow feed
- Plastic cutting boards
- Butcher paper

These all turned out to be false.

Radius' levels of the main offending phthalate DEHP were 10x less than the Whole Foods average thresholds, and their in-house butcher process did not increase phthalate levels.

But why is their plastic in beef at all?

Radius' leading theory is the acidic washing and shrink-wrapping process carried out by many large US meat processors.

Meat is sprayed down with an acidic disinfectant to eliminate surface pathogens, then shrink wrapped.

The acidity breaks down the plastic, leeching into meat. Radius meat comes wrapped in loose plastic, leading to far less phthalate exposure.

Debugging our supply chains takes serious work, but the health effects of even tiny amounts of these chemicals are real.

Shout out the @eatRadius team for this study, you can read the full study at eat radius dot com slash blog 🫡

[Kevin Fishner @KFishner]

@Chris_Smeder We used Light Labs and I highly recommend!

[Kevin Fishner @KFishner]

@Chris_Smeder Oh nice I hadn’t heard of Locale but looks great! Cream Co is trustworthy. Bi-Rite sources from Stemple Creek I believe and the animal welfare is good. Plastic packaging not sure though. You can run a test for ~$500

[Kevin Fishner @KFishner]

@AustinTunnell Only if we can be homed in a beautiful masonry building!

[Kevin Fishner @KFishner]

@Chris_Smeder Thank you! I’d love to expand to SF one day but Austin and other Texas cities first. Long time horizons to build local food systems in each state :) In SF Bi-Rite has very good perishable sourcing standards in tho and i respect them a lot!

[Kevin Fishner @KFishner]

@charlescaldow I’m very curious too! This is just the beginning of our food testing research. We’ll definitely do US vs EU comparisons on both nutrient density and toxin load for various foods.