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Cooking Up Creativity, Community, and Rest with Tara Thomas
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It’s a beautiful time to be in conversation with the lovely Tara Thomas. Tara is a chef, community organizer, and co-founder of the nonprofit, Breaking Bread, and also provides consulting and creative direction in the world of food. In this episode, we chat about her deep hunger (literally) and passion for food ethics and how that evolved into a career focused on bringing awareness to people’s authority over their wellbeing.
Tara shares how it was important for her work life and personal life to blend, and we discuss Tara’s vision dedicated to food politics and change the world, as well as the importance of rest in contrast to buzzy creative energy. Plus, Tara shares her relationships to fungi and mushrooms and we compare notes on what kind of mushroom we’re currently foraging.
We can all bring more awareness and appreciation to our food. Tara believes that food sovereignty allows us to understand where our food comes from and serves as gudiance for bringing ethical standards throughout every process of producing food — it affects everything and everyone involved.
This is a beautiful conversation about creativity, community, and how food sovereignty can provide authority in our own life to nourish ourselves and our communities.
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Topics Covered:
Tara’s entrance into food and imagination as a kid
How dropping out of school was Tara’s way of finding authority
Tara’s interest in studying food politics and the ethics behind food
The story of Breaking Bread’s launch during the Geroge Floyd protests
Rest as resistance in comparison to the energetic creative buzz
Tara’s love of foraging and what mushrooms have taught her
Guest Info:
Follow Tara on Instagram @cheftarathomas
Following Breaking Bread on Instagram @breakingbread.ny
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