Food sovereignty with Linda Black Elk

How do we become better connected with our food? This week I speak with Linda Black Elk, an ethnobotanist and food sovereignty activist specializing in teaching about culturally important plants and their uses as food and medicine. Linda is the Food Sovereignty Coordinator at United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck, North Dakota, where she passes ethnobotanical and food systems knowledge on to her amazing students. When she isn’t teaching, Linda spends her time foraging, hiking, hunting, and fishing on the prairies and waters of the northern Great Plains with her husband and three sons, who are all members of the Ohceti Shakowin, the Seven Council Fires of the Lakota. Follow her work on Facebook @lindablackelk and on TikTok and Instagram at @Linda.Black.Elk
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[@karenkoerner6015]

Interesting and valuable conversation. Thanks!

[@jsnow07grad]

Thank you!

[@clairelouisehudson21]

I’m planning on registering for the meeting in June. Will be my first one! I’m so excited to take Linda’s workshop and for all the amazing talks you’ve got planned 👏🏼🙌🏼

[@TeachEthnobotany]

Wonderful! I'm so looking forward to the conference! Great to have you attend!

[@venicekelly1662]

Thank you so much for this amazing podcast. You and Linda Black Elk are so inspiring. There is so much i want to say. I love what Linda said about the food relationship being a path not a destination. I love the giving back to the plants and the land and to each other as well. Linda’s stories about her students and dandelions and fermented foods. All of it is so uplifting to my heart. I am so grateful that you take the time to interview so many interesting people who are doing wonderful work. You are doing wonderful work. Thank you, Venice

[@TeachEthnobotany]

Thank you so much for the feedback! So glad you enjoyed it!