Isaac Murdoch, whose Ojibway name is Manzinapkinegego’anaabe / Bombgiizhik is from the fish clan and is from Serpent River First Nation. Isaac grew up in the traditional setting of hunting, fishing and trapping. Many of these years were spent learning from Elders in the northern regions of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Isaac is well respected as a storyteller and traditional knowledge holder. For many years he has led various workshops and cultural camps that focuses on the transfer of knowledge to youth. Other areas of expertise include: traditional ojibway paint, imagery/symbolism, harvesting, medicine walks, & ceremonial knowledge, cultural camps, Anishinaabeg oral history, birch bark canoe making, birch bark scrolls, Youth & Elders workshops, etc. He has committed his life to the preservation of Anishinaabe cultural practices and has spent years learning directly from Elders. If you loved our classes in 2020, please consider rejoining us and sharing this with your friends. REGISTER: bit.ly/FirstFoods2021 First Foods Program is produced by Grinding Stone Collective and made possible through partnership with Green Feather Foundation, Her Many Voices Foundation, and support from community members like you!

Britt Reed, a Choctaw descendent, is a cook, teacher, artist, and activist for the food sovereignty movement, preparing and preserving Indigenous foodways. She is the founder of the Food Sovereignty is Tribal Sovereignty Facebook group. She is also an I-Collective member, an organization made up of seed keepers, knowledge keepers, chefs, and cooks since 2017and a food service provider for the Tulalip Tribes. If you loved our classes in 2020, please consider rejoining us and sharing this with your friends. REGISTER: bit.ly/FirstFoods2021 First Foods Program is produced by Grinding Stone Collective and made possible through partnership with Green Feather Foundation, Her Many Voices Foundation, and support from community members like you!

Hupa/Yurok Matriarch & Food Sovereignty Activist Meagen Baldy on Agro-economy: Food as Sustenance and Capital with a *food preservation demo* during Food Sovereignty month! Pleasefollow her on IG! https://instagram.com/mbaldy12?igshid=wlwxceklu711 If you loved our classes in 2020, please consider rejoining us and sharing this with your friends. REGISTER: bit.ly/FirstFoods2021 First Foods Program is produced by Grinding Stone Collective and made possible through partnership with Green Feather Foundation, Her Many Voices Foundation, and support from community members like you!

Come join our teachers Brit Reed (Choctaw) & Meagan Baldy (Yurok/Hopa) from this past month! If you loved our classes in 2020, please consider rejoining us and sharing this with your friends. REGISTER: bit.ly/FirstFoods2021 First Foods Program is produced by Grinding Stone Collective and made possible through partnership with Green Feather Foundation, Her Many Voices Foundation, and support from community members like you!

Emily Vass (Lenape/Choctaw) is a Deathworker who helps families with grief and death support. She is an author, speaker and community leader. She is a mother of 2 neurodiverse teenagers. A wife to a career active duty service member. She has spent much of her 18 years of marriage as an acting single parent as her husband has been forward deployable their entire marriage. Emily’s work focuses on respite care, education and advocacy for the dying and their future grievers. Emily hosts events, workshops and retreats all over the country for grievers, deathworkers and funeral professionals, To find out more about her work consider checking out her website. If you loved our classes in 2020, please consider rejoining us and sharing this with your friends. REGISTER: bit.ly/FirstFoods2021 First Foods Program is produced by Grinding Stone Collective and made possible through partnership with Green Feather Foundation, Her Many Voices Foundation, and support from community members like you!

"Sara Calvosa Olson is a Karuk home cook working with Indigenous Californian foods and is the author of a forthcoming cookbook on that same topic. With an interest in using both culturally sound & faithfully updated techniques using traditional Indigenous plants and animals, her cooking inspires a new look at the oldest foods in California. If you loved our classes in 2020, please consider rejoining us and sharing this with your friends. REGISTER: bit.ly/FirstFoods2021 First Foods Program is produced by Grinding Stone Collective and made possible through partnership with Green Feather Foundation, Her Many Voices Foundation, and support from community members like you!

Sewa Yuli (they/them) is a queer, full spectrum birthkeeper, bodyworker, community cook and parent. Rooted in Mexican curanderismo, Traditional Mexican postpartum care, and Food Justice advocacy, Sewa is the founder of Mi Xantico (pronounced chan-tico). In addition to the aforementioned services, they provide 1:1 meal prep services, postpartum nutritional support, catering, cooking classes and more. Centered around Ancestral Foods, Sewa utilizes culinary medicine to promote healing, connection to tradition and health autonomy in all their practices. If you loved our classes in 2020, please consider rejoining us and sharing this with your friends. REGISTER: bit.ly/FirstFoods2021 First Foods Program is produced by Grinding Stone Collective and made possible through partnership with Green Feather Foundation, Her Many Voices Foundation, and support from community members like you!