Harvest Time: Connecting to Health Through What the Earth Provides

Harvest Time: Connecting to Health Through What the Earth
Provides


 


Host Leah Lemm (Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe) explores how Indian
Country in MN is responding and adapting to the current pandemic
health crisis.


 


On this show, Host Leah Lemm celebrates what the earth provides
in the way of food and medicines grown and harvested throughout
the year, and how this connects to our health and well-being.


 


Leah’s guests work closely with the land to help provide for our
communities’ food and health needs. Megan Schnitker (Lakota)
speaks about the year-long harvest cycle, the rise in interest in
first medicines, and the care that goes into harvesting them.
Matt Smaus is the agriculture supervisor of the Wozupi Tribal
Gardens, which is owned and operated by the Shakopee Mdewakanton
Sioux Community.


 


Reporter Melissa Townsend shares her conversation with
story-teller Hope Flanagan (Seneca) who is the Community outreach
and Cultural Teacher at the Dream of Wild Health Farm in Hugo,
MN.


 


And, Chaz Wagner (Bois Forte Band of Chippewa) reflects on the
joys of harvesting wild rice, as the season winds down.


 


Mahkato Revitalization Project website:
www.mahkatorevitalizationproject.org.


Wozupi Tribals Gardens website: www.wozupi.com.


Dream of Wild Health website: www.dreamofwildhealth.org.