California Native Plant Foods Symposium

Our vision for the symposium is to honor Indigenous food sovereignty and traditional knowledge by building ethical partnerships that create sustainable futures, rooted in California's native plant foods. We believe that by centering Indigenous voices, we can strengthen partnerships built on mutual trust and respect for all. Our program will establish ethical frameworks for academic-Tribal partnerships, unified by the shared purpose of honoring Indigenous food sovereignty and traditional knowledge systems.

The symposium will convene Tribal leaders, academic researchers, government agencies, and food system practitioners for a multi-stakeholder gathering. Activities will include research presentations, Indigenous-led cultural exchange panels, hands-on workshops, and tastings of California plant foods. This symposium commits to ethical, non-extractive, and reciprocal methodologies to build academic-Tribal partnerships built on mutual trust and respect. We invite you to support this exciting collaboration. For more information visit us at https://nativeplantfoods.sf.ucdavis.edu/