Healthy Harvest with Ken Albala, Amy Graves & Jessie-Sierra Ross

On this episode of GoalChat, host Debra Eckerling talks about Healthy Harvest with authors Ken Albala, Amy Graves, and Jessie-Sierra Ross. Ken, whose latest is The World Atlas of Fermented Foods and Drinks, is a food historian, professor, and chef; Amy is an advocate and founder of The Hidden Consumer; and Jessie Sierra is a food writer/photographer (Seasons Around the Table)/Founder, Straight to the Hips Baby.

They start with a conversation about food allergies, food sensitivities, and what’s really in the food we eat. The second half focuses on cooking, food literacy, getting back in the kitchen, and how to make healthy eating easier, more enjoyable, and community-centric.

Food Mission

• Amy: To help people understand what is in their food
• Ken: To help people become more informed about the importance of cooking for various reasons and get great pleasure from it
• Jessie-Sierra: Food is infinitely tied to history, family, gathering – to help people understand that what they make is an active of service

Goals

• Jessie-Sierra: Go to farmers market or food stand and ask them what’s good today? What are you cooking for dinner?
• Ken: Cook something without a recipe
• Amy: Try a new ingredient

Final Thoughts

• Amy: Don’t trust the marketing on your food label
• Jessie-Sierra: Food – we’re all a big community and we need to support each other
• Ken: This such a fun virtual conversation, imagine how much fun it would be in person

Learn More About

Ken Albala: https://Instagram.com/KenAlbala

Amy Graves: https://HiddenConsumersConsulting.com/

Jessie-Sierra Ross: https://StraighttotheHipsBaby.com

Debra Eckerling: https://TheBookProposalExpert.com

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