Workshop: Native Foods as Medicine

What can prevent today’s diseases such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease while building  community? Learn the power of native foods as medicine that’s growing already in the District! This interactive workshop covers the healing benefits for people and the planet of harvesting and eating native foods. We'll also explore the history of native foods as medicine around the world from Africa to the Americas. Get your taste buds ready for a dish of culture, flavor and traditions. Bring a notebook, a pen and an appetite. Teacher: Tambra Raye, 4^th generation Oklahoma native, is a nutrition educator and food justice advocate.  She empowers people to heal their meals in her engaging culturally-infused nutritious workshops and whole foods cooking demos in the community through University of the District of Columbia’s Center for Nutrition, Diet and Health. She is a public speaker, writer and blogger behind DC FOOD JUSTICE - a platform to inform and engage people to address a broken food, health and cultural system through education and advocacy. Connect with Tambra at http://www.tambraraye.com