     /* CSS Root Variables matching layout specification precisely */
        :root {
            --bg-primary: #e4f5e2;
            --bg-secondary: #44f022;
            --accent: #FF9B00;
            --text-main: #1e301b;
            --text-muted: rgba(46, 135, 46, 0.979);
            --dark-brown: #2B1E1E;
            --font-serif: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif;
            --transition-slow: all 1.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 1, 0.5, 1);
            --transition-medium: all 0.6s cubic-bezier(0.25, 1, 0.5, 1);
        }

        /* Base Formatting & Resets */
        * {
            box-sizing: border-box;
            margin: 0;
            padding: 0;
        }

        html {
            scroll-behavior: smooth;
            background-color: var(--bg-primary);
            color: var(--text-main);
            font-family: var(--font-serif);
            font-size: 19px;
            -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
        }

        body {
            overflow-x: hidden;
            width: 100%;
        }

        /* Custom Scrollbar matching print aesthetic */
        ::-webkit-scrollbar {
            width: 5px;
        }
        ::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
            background: var(--dark-brown);
        }
        ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
            background: var(--bg-secondary);
        }

        /* Unified Typography Hierarchy */
        h1, h2, h3, h4, h5 {
            font-weight: 600;
            line-height: 1.05;
            letter-spacing: -0.01em;
            color: var(--text-main);
        }

        p {
            font-weight: 400;
            line-height: 1.65;
            color: var(--text-muted);
            margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
        }

        a {
            color: inherit;
            text-decoration: none;
            transition: var(--transition-medium);
        }

        /* Reusable Scannable Formatting Toolkit Components */
        .section-spacer {
            padding: 140px 0;
            position: relative;
        }

        @media (max-width: 992px) {
            .section-spacer { padding: 80px 0; }
        }

        .container {
            width: 100%;
            max-width: 1440px;
            margin: 0 auto;
            padding: 0 60px;
        }

        @media (max-width: 768px) {
            .container { padding: 0 24px; }
        }

        .editorial-hr {
            border: none;
            border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.15);
            margin: 60px 0;
        }

        /* Clean Luxury Action Buttons */
        .btn-editorial {
            display: inline-flex;
            align-items: center;
            padding: 18px 44px;
            font-weight: 600;
            font-style: italic;
            text-transform: lowercase;
            letter-spacing: 0.03em;
            border: 1px solid var(--text-main);
            background: transparent;
            color: var(--text-main);
            cursor: pointer;
            transition: var(--transition-medium);
        }

        .btn-editorial:hover {
            background: var(--text-main);
            color: var(--dark-brown);
            padding-left: 50px;
            padding-right: 38px;
        }

        .btn-accent {
            display: inline-flex;
            align-items: center;
            justify-content: center;
            padding: 16px 36px;
            background-color: var(--accent);
            color: var(--dark-brown);
            font-weight: 700;
            text-transform: uppercase;
            font-size: 0.85rem;
            letter-spacing: 0.1em;
            border: none;
            cursor: pointer;
            transition: var(--transition-medium);
        }

        .btn-accent:hover {
            background-color: var(--text-main);
            letter-spacing: 0.15em;
        }

        /* Micro-interactions & Slow Mask Animations */
        .img-mask-reveal {
            position: relative;
            overflow: hidden;
        }

        .img-mask-reveal img {
            width: 100%;
            height: 100%;
            object-fit: cover;
            transform: scale(1.1);
            filter: grayscale(15%) brightness(90%);
            transition: var(--transition-slow);
        }

        .img-mask-reveal:hover img {
            transform: scale(1.02);
            filter: grayscale(0%) brightness(100%);
        }

        /* Global Header Architecture */
        header {
            position: fixed;
            top: 0;
            left: 0;
            height: 100px;
            width: 100%;
            z-index: 1000;
            padding: 45px 0;
            transition: padding 0.6s cubic-bezier(0.25, 1, 0.5, 1), background-color 0.6s ease;
        }

        header.scrolled {
            padding: 18px 0;
            background-color: var(--bg-primary);
            border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.08);
        }

        .header-grid {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: 1fr auto 1fr;
            align-items: center;
        }

        .logo-text {
            font-size: 1.6rem;
            font-weight: 700;
            margin-top: -3rem;
            text-transform: lowercase;
        }

        .logo-text span {
            color: var(--accent);
        }

        nav ul {
            display: flex;
            list-style: none;
                                    margin-top: -3rem;

            gap: 45px;
        }

        nav ul li a {
            font-size: 1.05rem;
            font-weight: 400;
            opacity: 0.8;

            position: relative;
        }

        nav ul li a:hover, nav ul li a.active-link {
            opacity: 1;
            font-style: italic;
        }

        .header-cta {
            justify-self: end;
                                                margin-top: -5rem;

        }

        .hamburger {
            display: none;
            flex-direction: column;
            gap: 7px;
            margin-top: -3rem;
            cursor: pointer;
            background: none;
            border: none;
            justify-self: end;
        }

        .hamburger span {
            display: block;
            width: 30px;
            height: 1.5px;
            background-color: var(--text-main);
            transition: var(--transition-medium);
        }

        @media (max-width: 1150px) {
            .header-grid {
                grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
            }
            nav, .header-cta {
                display: none;
            }
            .hamburger {
                display: flex;
            }
            nav.mobile-open {
                display: flex;
                position: absolute;
                top: 100%;
                left: 0;
                width: 100%;
                background-color: var(--bg-primary);
                padding: 40px;
                border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.1);
                justify-content: center;
                z-index: 999;
            }
            nav.mobile-open ul {
                flex-direction: column;
                align-items: center;
                gap: 25px;
            }
        }

        /* Multipage Screen Engine Toggle */
        .magazine-page {
            display: none;
            opacity: 0;
            transform: translateY(15px);
            transition: opacity 0.8s ease, transform 0.8s ease;
        }

        .magazine-page.active-page {
            display: block;
            opacity: 1;
            transform: translateY(0);
        }

        /* HOME PAGE SPECS */
        /* Hero 3-Panel Matrix Layout */
        .hero-panels {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: 1.1fr 1.8fr 1.1fr;
            height: 100vh;
            min-height: 800px;
            width: 100%;
            overflow: hidden;
        }

        @media (max-width: 1024px) {
            .hero-panels {
                grid-template-columns: 1fr;
                height: auto;
                min-height: auto;
            }
        }

        .panel-left {
            position: relative;
            height: 100%;
            border-right: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.1);
            display: flex;
            flex-direction: column;
            justify-content: flex-end;
            padding: 50px;
        }

        .panel-center {
            padding: 160px 60px 80px;
            display: flex;
            flex-direction: column;
            justify-content: center;
            align-items: center;
            text-align: center;
            border-right: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.1);
            background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.08);
        }

        .panel-center h1 {
            font-size: 6.5rem;
            font-weight: 700;
            line-height: 0.85;
            margin-bottom: 45px;
            text-transform: uppercase;
        }

        @media (max-width: 1400px) { .panel-center h1 { font-size: 4.8rem; } }

        .panel-center p {
            max-width: 460px;
            margin-bottom: 45px;
        }

        .panel-right {
            padding: 160px 50px 50px;
            display: flex;
            flex-direction: column;
            justify-content: space-between;
            background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.03);
        }

        @media (max-width: 1024px) {
            .panel-left, .panel-center, .panel-right {
                padding: 80px 24px;
                height: auto;
                border: none;
            }
            .panel-left { min-height: 450px; }
        }

        .seasonal-ledger {
            list-style: none;
            margin-top: 40px;
        }

        .seasonal-ledger li {
            padding: 18px 0;
            border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.1);
            display: flex;
            justify-content: space-between;
            font-size: 0.95rem;
        }

        /* Section 2 Asymmetric Manifesto */
        .manifesto-grid {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: 1fr 1.4fr;
            gap: 100px;
            align-items: start;
        }

        @media (max-width: 992px) {
            .manifesto-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 40px; }
        }

        .manifesto-left h2 {
            font-size: 4rem;
            font-style: italic;
            font-weight: 300;
        }

        .manifesto-right p {
            font-size: 1.4rem;
            line-height: 1.75;
            margin-bottom: 40px;
        }

        .manifesto-triptych {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: 1fr 1.25fr 0.85fr;
            gap: 40px;
            margin-top: 100px;
            align-items: flex-end;
        }

        @media (max-width: 768px) {
            .manifesto-triptych { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 50px; }
        }

        .triptych-box:nth-child(1) { height: 420px; }
        .triptych-box:nth-child(2) { height: 560px; }
        .triptych-box:nth-child(3) { height: 340px; }

        @media (max-width: 768px) {
            .triptych-box:nth-child(1), .triptych-box:nth-child(2), .triptych-box:nth-child(3) { height: 400px; }
        }

        .triptych-meta {
            margin-top: 20px;
            font-size: 0.85rem;
            text-transform: uppercase;
            letter-spacing: 0.1em;
            display: flex;
            justify-content: space-between;
        }

        /* Section 3 Fixed Landscape Parallax */
        .fullscreen-parallax-banner {
            height: 80vh;
            min-height: 600px;
            background-attachment: fixed;
            background-position: center;
            background-repeat: no-repeat;
            background-size: cover;
            display: flex;
            align-items: center;
            justify-content: center;
            position: relative;
        }

        .parallax-overlay-card {
            position: relative;
            z-index: 5;
            text-align: center;
            max-width: 900px;
            padding: 0 30px;
        }

        .parallax-overlay-card h2 {
            font-size: 4.5rem;
            margin-bottom: 25px;
        }

        .parallax-overlay-card blockquote {
            font-size: 1.8rem;
            font-style: italic;
            margin-bottom: 40px;
            color: var(--text-muted);
        }

        /* Section 4 Harvest Spread Viewports */
        .harvest-viewport-row {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: 1.2fr 1fr;
            gap: 120px;
            align-items: center;
            margin-bottom: 160px;
        }

        .harvest-viewport-row:nth-child(even) {
            grid-template-columns: 1fr 1.2fr;
        }

        .harvest-viewport-row:nth-child(even) .harvest-media {
            order: 2;
        }

        @media (max-width: 1024px) {
            .harvest-viewport-row, .harvest-viewport-row:nth-child(even) {
                grid-template-columns: 1fr;
                gap: 40px;
                margin-bottom: 100px;
            }
            .harvest-viewport-row:nth-child(even) .harvest-media {
                order: 0;
            }
        }

        .harvest-media {
            height: 75vh;
            min-height: 550px;
        }

        @media (max-width: 768px) { .harvest-media { height: 420px; } }

        .harvest-text-block h3 {
            font-size: 3.2rem;
            margin-bottom: 25px;
        }

        /* Section 5 Long Spreads Recipes */
        .magazine-recipe-spread {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: 1.3fr 1fr;
            gap: 80px;
            margin-bottom: 140px;
        }

        @media (max-width: 992px) {
            .magazine-recipe-spread { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 40px; }
        }

        .recipe-journal-card {
            padding: 50px;
            border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.12);
            background: rgba(0,0,0,0.05);
        }

        .recipe-journal-card h4 {
            font-size: 2.2rem;
            margin-bottom: 30px;
            border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.1);
            padding-bottom: 20px;
        }

        .ingredients-ledger-list {
            list-style: none;
            margin: 30px 0;
        }

        .ingredients-ledger-list li {
            padding: 10px 0;
            border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.05);
            font-style: italic;
        }

        /* Section 6 Ingredient Philosophy Ground */
        .philosophy-bg-wrapper {
            background-color: var(--bg-secondary);
            color: var(--dark-brown);
        }

        .philosophy-bg-wrapper h2 {
            color: var(--dark-brown);
            font-size: 4.5rem;
            text-align: center;
            margin-bottom: 100px;
        }

        .philosophy-strip-5 {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: repeat(5, 1fr);
            gap: 30px;
        }

        @media (max-width: 1200px) { .philosophy-strip-5 { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); } }
        @media (max-width: 768px) { .philosophy-strip-5 { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } }

        .philosophy-strip-item {
            text-align: center;
        }

        .philosophy-strip-item p {
            color: rgba(43, 30, 30, 0.8);
        }

        .philosophy-circle-frame {
            height: 260px;
            margin-bottom: 25px;
        }

        .philosophy-strip-item h3 {
            color: var(--dark-brown);
            font-size: 1.8rem;
            margin-bottom: 12px;
        }

        /* Section 7 Farm Journal Print Layout */
        .journal-asymmetrical-layout {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: 1.5fr 1fr;
            gap: 80px;
        }

        @media (max-width: 992px) { .journal-asymmetrical-layout { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 60px; } }

        .journal-hero-column .featured-photo-frame {
            height: 540px;
            margin-bottom: 35px;
        }

        .journal-hero-column h3 {
            font-size: 3.5rem;
            margin-bottom: 25px;
        }

        .journal-side-column {
            display: flex;
            flex-direction: column;
            gap: 50px;
        }

        .side-editorial-entry {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: 140px 1fr;
            gap: 25px;
            align-items: start;
        }

        .side-entry-thumb {
            height: 140px;
        }

        .side-editorial-entry h4 {
            font-size: 1.5rem;
            margin-bottom: 12px;
        }

        /* Section 8 Newsletter Split Row */
        .newsletter-magazine-row {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
            gap: 120px;
            align-items: center;
            border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.15);
            padding-top: 120px;
        }

        @media (max-width: 992px) { .newsletter-magazine-row { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 50px; } }

        .newsletter-magazine-row h2 {
            font-size: 4rem;
            margin-bottom: 25px;
        }

        .input-underline-group {
            margin-bottom: 35px;
        }

        .input-underline-field {
            width: 100%;
            background: transparent;
            border: none;
            border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.4);
            padding: 18px 0;
            color: var(--text-main);
            font-family: var(--font-serif);
            font-size: 1.25rem;
            outline: none;
            transition: var(--transition-medium);
        }

        .input-underline-field:focus {
            border-bottom-color: var(--accent);
        }

        /* Global Structural Footer */
        footer {
            background-color: var(--bg-primary);
            border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.1);
            padding: 120px 0 50px;
        }

        .footer-cols-4 {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: 1.4fr repeat(3, 1fr);
            gap: 80px;
            margin-bottom: 80px;
        }

        @media (max-width: 992px) {
            .footer-cols-4 { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 50px; }
        }
        @media (max-width: 540px) {
            .footer-cols-4 { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
        }

        .footer-cols-4 h5 {
            font-size: 1.25rem;
            margin-bottom: 30px;
            text-transform: uppercase;
            letter-spacing: 0.08em;
        }

        .footer-cols-4 ul {
            list-style: none;
            display: flex;
            flex-direction: column;
            gap: 15px;
        }

        .footer-cols-4 ul li a {
            color: var(--text-muted);
        }

        .footer-cols-4 ul li a:hover {
            color: var(--text-main);
            padding-left: 6px;
        }

        .footer-base-row {
            border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.1);
            padding-top: 45px;
            display: flex;
            justify-content: space-between;
            align-items: center;
            font-size: 0.95rem;
            color: var(--text-muted);
        }

        @media (max-width: 768px) {
            .footer-base-row { flex-direction: column; gap: 25px; text-align: center; }
        }

        /* COMMON SUBPAGE TEMPLATE ARCHITECTURES */
        .editorial-subpage-hero {
            padding: 240px 0 120px;
            text-align: center;
            border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.1);
            background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.05);
        }

        .editorial-subpage-hero h1 {
            font-size: 5.5rem;
            font-style: italic;
            font-weight: 300;
            margin-bottom: 25px;
        }

        .editorial-subpage-hero p {
            max-width: 700px;
            margin: 0 auto;
            font-size: 1.35rem;
        }

        .magazine-grid-3x {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
            gap: 50px;
        }

        @media (max-width: 992px) { .magazine-grid-3x { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } }

        .asymmetrical-text-row {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: 1.3fr 1fr;
            gap: 100px;
            align-items: center;
        }

        .asymmetrical-text-row.reverse {
            grid-template-columns: 1fr 1.3fr;
        }

        @media (max-width: 992px) { .asymmetrical-text-row, .asymmetrical-text-row.reverse { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 40px; } }

        /* Privacy/Terms Long Reading Format System */
        .legal-document-wrapper {
            max-width: 850px;
            margin: 0 auto;
            padding: 80px 24px;
        }

        .legal-document-block {
            margin-bottom: 60px;
        }

        .legal-document-block h3 {
            font-size: 2rem;
            margin-bottom: 25px;
            border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.15);
            padding-bottom: 12px;
            color: var(--text-main);
        }

        .legal-document-block p {
            margin-bottom: 25px;
            font-size: 1.15rem;
        }

        .legal-document-block ul {
            padding-left: 25px;
            margin-bottom: 25px;
            color: var(--text-muted);
        }

        .legal-document-block ul li {
            margin-bottom: 12px;
            line-height: 1.7;
        }
