Since 2015, SFA has been assisting La Mujer Obrera, an El-Paso, TX-based organization dedicated to creating communities defined by women, in creating a master plan to strengthen food-oriented community development, including local food production, heritage food programs, and farmer’s markets in the Chamizal neighborhood of South Central El Paso. …
Archives for November 2018
Yoeme/Yaqui Culinary Resistance
SFA is working with Yaqui communities in Sonora and Arizona to honor one of the least understood aspects of Yaqui social history: culinary resistance. The project combines research knowledge with a long and trusted relationship with Yaqui communities through the work of applied folklore. The project involves the experimental planting of ancestral …
La Doce Foodways Project
Tucson’s South 12th Ave (La Doce) is celebrated locally as a natural “Cultural and Culinary Corridor,” complete with Sonoran cuisine, colorful signage, family businesses, and expressions of heritage. SFA has been working since 2016 to help the community document and celebrate their foodways through innovative collaborations between community …