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Native America Calling: Farm-to-school success and a former chef’s new book on The Menu
Thursday, August 31, 2023
The Menu: Farm-to-school success and a former chef’s new book
Students at the Umoⁿhoⁿ Nation Public School are operating a successful farm and taking over a couple of acres on the school’s campus in Nebraska. It’s all in response to health concerns in the Native community.
Former chef Brendan Shay Basham’s debut novel Swim Home to the Vanished takes readers along a journey of grief and suspense with food as a central theme. The main character, a line cook, hits the restart button after the death of his brother, but gets caught in a family’s internal conspiracies.
All that and more on this month’s episode of The Menu hosted by Andi Murphy.
Guests on Native America Calling
Suzi French (Omaha), farm-to-school director for the Umóⁿhoⁿ Nation Public School
Brendan Shay Basham (Diné), writer, artist, educator, and former chef
Andrea Carmen (Yaqui Nation), executive director of the International Indigenous Treaty Council
Amy Juan (Tohono O’odham), San Xavier Co-Op Farm
Swim Home to the Vanished – Brendan Shay Basham
Swim Home to the Vanished by Brendan Shay Basham. Harper Collins, 2023
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