Dr Jessica Hutchings has been leading and researching Indigenous food systems for decades, working from Papawhakaritorito, the farm she shares with Jo Smith at Kaitoke. Jo and Jessica teach hua parakore, a kaupapa Māori system and framework for growing Kai Atua (Māori organic kai) and in November 2024 they published the book Pātaka Kai, which celebrates abundant food communities throughout Aotearoa. In October 2024, Jess and Jo led mana wahine to Vandana Shiva’s Navdanya centre in India to present a Mana Wāhine Declaration on Seed and Soil.

Jessica will talk about the three pillars of seed, soil sovereignty and kai sovereignty as key food food futures as well as what it means to be in right relationship with our soil, seed and food systems.

Dr Jessica Hutchings has been leading and researching Indigenous food systems for decades, working from Papawhakaritorito, the farm she shares with Jo Smith at Kaitoke. Jo and Jessica teach hua parakore, a kaupapa Māori system and framework for growing Kai Atua (Māori organic kai) and in November 2024 they published the book Pātaka Kai, which celebrates abundant food communities throughout Aotearoa. In October 2024, Jess and Jo led mana wahine to Vandana Shiva’s Navdanya centre in India to present a Mana Wāhine Declaration on Seed and Soil.

Jessica will talk about the three pillars of seed, soil sovereignty and kai sovereignty as key food food futures as well as what it means to be in right relationship with our soil, seed and food systems.