S3 Ep. 45 Exploring Relationality in Food Sovereignty with Tara Maudrie and Dr. Cassandra Nguyen

"It's our duty as the original stewards of this land to cultivate balanced and healthy relationships with all aspects of our food systems so that we can all continue to thrive." In this episode, Cassandra Nguyen is in conversation with Tara Maudrie about food sovereignty, which is more about the idea of relational stewardship through our foodways, rather than agency. She reminds us to think about whose knowledge and frameworks we are privileging in the way we evaluate and measure outcomes. She also hopes the framework will be used by communities as they work to revitalize, strengthen, and grow their foodways, as well as aid them as they push back and tell the story of their food system initiatives to incorporate an assets-based perspective. This episode references the article titled “Food Security and Food Sovereignty: The Difference Between Surviving and Thriving” by Tara L. Maudrie, MSPH, Cassandra J. Nguyen, PhD, Rachel E. Wilbur, PhD, MPH, Megan Mucioki, PhD, Kaylee R. Clyma, MPH, Gary L. Ferguson, ND, and Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, DrPH, MPH. You can read more in HPP’s Focus Issue: Indigenous Food Sovereignty As A Path To Health Equity.