Episode 1: Our Food Is Our Medicine
April 22, 2025 — In our debut episode, Our Food Is Our Medicine, Valerie Segrest, a Native nutritionist, food advocate, and member of the Muckleshoot Tribe, invites you to the Old Growth Table — a place to remember, reconnect, and root ourselves in ancestral Indigenous foodways.
We begin with learning about our wild spring greens relatives — young stinging nettles and tender dandelion greens — as we explore how these early plants help us awaken from winter and fortify our bodies, minds, and spirits for the seasons ahead. Through stories, teachings, and community voices, Valerie guides us in understanding how food is not just sustenance — it’s medicine, ceremony, and a bridge to our culture and traditions.
In the spirit of community, Valerie also welcomes two powerful voices in Indigenous food sovereignty—Mariah Gladstone of Indigikitchen and Sean Sherman, author of The Sioux Chef—who call in to reflect on the concept: Our food is our medicine.
🌿 Welcome to The Old Growth Table. We’re so glad you’re here. Let’s listen, gather, and nourish together.
Please support the work of our amazing guests:
Mariah Gladstone – Founder of Indigikitchen on at www.indigikitchen.com/ and on Instagram at @indigikitchen
Sean Sherman – Chef, author of The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen, at https://seansherman.com/ and on Instagram at @siouxchef
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We are so thankful to be in collaboration with the team at All My Relations, and to be produced in their new home, Tidelands Studio in downtown Seattle. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to everyone who made this show possible!
Stay tuned to catch us wherever you podcast.
Episode 2: Sacred Hydration: Infusions, Ancestors & Listening to Water
Let’s talk about our relationship with water—not just as a tool for hydration, but as a sacred, living relative.
In this episode, “Sacred Hydration: Infusions, Ancestors & Listening to Water”, Valerie explores how water draws out memory, medicine, and meaning from the world around us. Joined by special guest Mariah Gladstone (Blackfeet, Cherokee) – founder of Indigikitchen and author of Mountains to Oceans: Kids’ Recipes from Native Land, they share stories, wisdom, and even a recipe demonstration that reframes water as kin. This conversation reminds us of water’s teachings and its sacred power to heal. Because water remembers. It listens. And it deserves more than just mindless consumption—it deserves reverence for all the quiet miracles and great healing it carries.
Resources & How To Support Us:
Follow Mariah Gladstone @mariahgladstone and Indigikitchen – an online cooking platform revitalizing Indigenous foods. Order her book, Mountains to Oceans: Kids’ Recipes from Native Land on their website.
Support us on Patreon! Our patrons can download exclusive content like our seasonal meditations and recipes and so much more content to come 🌿
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We are so grateful to be in collaboration with the team at All My Relations, and to be produced in their new home, Tidelands in downtown Seattle. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to everyone who made this show possible! T’igwicid!
We are so grateful to be in collaboration with the team at All My Relations, and to be produced in their new home, Tidelands in downtown Seattle. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to everyone who made this show possible! T’igwicid!
Stay tuned to catch us wherever you podcast.