Short stories: How traditional seeds and foods are improving health
Seeds and foods that are rooted in ancient traditions and practices can be a major contributor to people’s physical, mental and spiritual health. Women farmers in the North East of the United Kingdom are saving and exchanging traditional seeds, which is giving them a sense of abundance. In a garden at Montana University in the US, caretakers are promoting biodiversity, social justice and the growing of good, nutrient-dense foods as they follow the agricultural traditions and cultural protocol of the Indigenous Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara people. And a popular cooking show on tv on the Pacific islands of Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu is promoting traditional, local food that is healthy for people and biodiversity: ‘We have found it terrifically affirming to realise that your culture is your cure.”