Ancestral Foods: The Story of Food

In this introduction to Ancestral Foods: The Story of Food, presenters Chantel Kemp, DK Kinard and Tutu Badaru take the audience on a journey that explores food transitions and food traditions. Making the connection between Africa, the African Diaspora, the Caribbean and it's connection to the United States. Exploring food as nourishment, as communication, healing tools for communities, and walking viewers through the relationships between food, self, culture, environment, and spirituality.

This workshop is from Day 2 of our 2023 Garden Series, which was held on March 29, 2023.

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Additional Resources:

• Grass Roots African Origin

• Rice & Enslaved Africans

• Rice: A Savor of the South Cookbook by Michael Twitty

• Vibration Cooking by Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor

• Deep Routes

• Growing Rice In New York

• Growing Rice in Buckets

• Seed Saving Callaloo

• Callaloo- Rock Steady Farm

• Growing Callaloo in New York

• Health Benefits of Callaloo

• Spring Planting Calendar

• Coffee Origins of East Africa

• Evolution of Ethiopian Coffee

• Coffee ceremony in Ethiopia

• Coffee, A Stabilizer of African Marriages

Books That Inspire Ancestral Connection to Food: