Join us as farmer and seed steward Kristyn Leach and writer Victor M. Valle present the complex histories, epigenetics, mythologies of the chile, and efforts to protect heirloom varietals of chiles which are close to being wiped out by corporations seeking more uniform and controllable qualities. Their presentations will be followed by a conversation moderated by Saehee Cho, during which they will discuss how the migration and adaptability of the chile pepper may offer us tools of resistance, illuminating stories of colonization, Indigenous poetics, histories of agriculture, borderlands ecology, and genetics. RSVP HERE

Find out what we’re all about, what we’ve been working on and what we see for the future:

Uplifting and honoring our elders, inter-generational community bonding, culturally relevant landscaping and food growing, decolonizing plant taxonomy and lots lots more.

Audience is in-person: 315A LAEP Studio (3rd Fl)

Speakers will be via Zoom

Tune in from anywhere via the Vimeo link:

https://vimeo.com/event/2822134

Presented by CED UC Berkeley • ASLA • LAEP Lecture Series

Ssi Ya Gi and mak-’amham present a private Ohlone and Korean meal in the re-designed Cafe Ohlone space on the UC Berkeley Campus. This event has been organized to honor the resilience and wisdom of the elders in our Ohlone and Korean communities, and is an opportunity to learn from the experiences shared between them.

The meal, cooked by Cafe Ohlone and local Korean American chefs, will highlight two ingredients used in both Ohlone and Korean cooking: acorns (dotori) and fernbrake (gosari). Both cultures utilize these plants in their cooking.

Ssi Ya Gi is dedicated to sharing senior immigrant stories about foods, because the process of listening and transmitting our elders’ food stories creates opportunities for intergenerational and cross-cultural discoveries.

Please note that this is a private invite-only event.

Namu Farm and Second Generation Seeds are hosting a virtual cook-along to help process the bountiful kkaennip (perilla) in our gardens. Nancy Cho and Selina Lee, authors of Korean Instant Pot Cookbook will lead this Kkaennip Kimjang, and SSI YA GI collaborators will be on hand to share some senior stories around this fragrant plant.

The act of listening, recording, and amplifying our immigrant elders’ stories and memories is a way for us to protect and uplift some of the most vulnerable members of our community.

This two-part event consists of a private supper for seniors (3-5pm) and is followed by a public panel discussion with project partners and an opportunity for guests to take part in a shared cultural memory project (6-7:30pm).