Food, healing and liberation

​Lunchtime conversation with guest Chaiti Seth

​Emily will explore with Chaiti how food is at the intersection of so many things, and how we can get beyond financial and nutritional measures to access the emotional, spiritual and embodied experiences that food can give us. Food can be a vehicle for sovereignty, leadership and liberation when we allow ourselves to notice how our individual and interpersonal experiences have the power to transform the system around us.

​During the final half hour, we will engage in small breakout groups and then return for a final Q&A with our guest.

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​Chaiti Seth (she/her) is a mother, farmer, researcher, and experiential educator from India currently living in Mi’kma’ki (Nova Scotia). She is an Instructor with the Environmental & Sustainability Studies program at Acadia University and learns, writes, and teaches about sustainability, experiential learning, food systems, and the inner work and community practice of healing for equity and social change. Chaiti has a Masters in Community Development from Acadia University as well a Bachelor’s of Geography and Environment from the London School of Economics. She has lived in, worked with and learned from incredible grassroots organizations doing ecological conservation, educational, social justice and advocacy work including the Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary and the Centre for Learning in southern India and Maati Sangathan and Himal Prakriti in the Indian Himalaya. She works with children, youth, and adults on systems change for social, ecological, and personal transformation. She currently lives with her partner and children on a small farm on south mountain above Sikunme’katik (the Gaspereau river).