Food Justice: “Seed to Plate, Soil to Sky”

As we approach Harvest time, it’s interesting to reflect on what the first meals were like. Indigenous people ate mostly plant based diets highlighting corn, beans, and squash, the “Three Sisters”. Eating animals was saved for special social occasions. It was only after contact with Colonists that Native Americans started raising animals and eating dairy products, and the government introduced processed foods on reservations. Check out the new cookbook “Seed to Plate, Soil to Sky: Modern Plant-Based Recipes Using Ancestral Native American Ingredients” in this article that features an interview with chefs/authors Lois Ellen Frank, PhD, and Walter Whitewater.