Chef Simon Brown will join traditional medicine maker Felicia Ruiz and Mark Ford of Partnership with Native Americans in a candid discussion about ‘What is Food?’. The conversation will be an exploration of how cultural practices around food and eating have shifted, where we now view food as a commodity, and how we can seize the opportunity to practice mindfulness, gratitude and camaraderie. 

In this discussion, Mark Ford of Partnership with Native Americans and medicine maker Felicia Ruiz will highlight the history of food as medicine in Native cultures and how colonization affected Native American health and diet. Mark and Felicia will also discuss the modern movement of Native communities to return to traditional and ancestral foods and ways that the food sovereignty is being practiced today in Indian Country. In addition to the presentation, there will also be food samples available at the end!