Sharon Gardner on re-rooting Afro-Caribbean 'veganism', food justice and body re-connection

With increasing awareness of the environmental and health benefits of plant-based food practices, what power does re-rooting the values of the western vegan movement hold in tending to the generational wound of food injustices for BIPOC communities? How can we begin to trace ancestral ways of cooking to build more sustaining connections to the land and our bodies, whilst retaining the stories and flavours of our homelands?

We ground these questions in this episode with Sharon Gardner, a plant-based nutritionist, a cookery school teacher, and the founder of Core of Life (UK), and Wholistic Wellness with Sharon. Sharon holds a Degree in Health Sciences and also holds a diploma in teaching Pilates, which she uses as a tool to teach people how to use their body, so that it benefits them in their everyday life. Her work involves supporting individuals on their wellness journeys through facilitating and empowerment. As a plant-based chef and holistic wellness practitioner with Caribbean heritage, Sharon loves to share her knowledge and story through infusing the “vegan flavours of the Caribbean” in the dishes she creates and shares with all those she has the pleasure of working with. 

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