Wendy Johnson & Keido Troy Fernandez & Roxanne Swentzell: The Pueblo Food Experience: Planting Life 2022 (10 of 10)

Teiwa sculptor Roxanne Swentzell hasn’t owned a refrigerator for 26 years and reminds us that humans have lived without refrigerators for much longer than they’ve lived with them. It turns out that when we’re mindful of the way we prepare, store, and consume food, we really don’t need them. “Nothing is closer to us than what we eat. The seeds and the plants are genetically adapted to this climate and culture. We are too. We’ve been having a lot of health issues because we’ve been eating things that are foreign to our bodies. If we ate what fits us better, we would feel better.” Sensei Wendy Johnson shares a clip from a documentary about Roxanne Swentzell’s Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute and the Pueblo Food Experience. You’ll learn what happens when Roxanne, her family, and the people of the Santa Clara Pueblo stop eating processed Western foods and instead rely exclusively on the diet of their ancestors. To access the resources page for this program, please sign up by clicking here. For Program/Series description and to access the entire series, please click on the link below: Upaya Podcast Series: Planting Life 2022