This first issue of Grinding Stone Collective Presents centers the Pawpaw (Asimina triloba), Turtle Island’s wild, native tropical fruit, and explores its uses as medicine, material, and memory. Blending Indigenous knowledge, scientific research, and cultural storytelling, we trace the Pawpaw’s historical names, uses, and ongoing relationship with the land and its Indigenous caretakers. With guidance from foragers, botanists, and thinkers like Robin Wall Kimmerer, we offer practical harvesting tips alongside deeper reflections on reciprocity, responsibility, and respect.