Slow Food DC promotes the Ark of Taste at Wangari Gardens

Snail Winner Cultivate the City is Here to Help.

DC-area food, farming, and culture experts explore how the influences of new African immigrants are affecting established African culinary traditions in the region. Read about and listen to the panel on “Our Newest Roots joining the Mother Roots.”

Among the many injustices suffered by indigenous peoples is the loss of native foodways, along with the cultural identities associated with those foods and traditions. But a movement is underway to revive indigenous foodways and along with it, food sovereignty. The film Gather portrays the work of indigenous people from four tribes fighting to restore a rich cultural food heritage that was once thought lost.