Old Growth Table

As SNAP benefits face new political threats, millions of families are being pushed deeper into food insecurity—including many of our Native relatives whose communities already navigate the long-term impacts of colonization on food systems. In this special All My Relations + Old Growth Table podcast collaboration, Matika Wilbur and Temryss Lane sit down with Valerie Segrest (Muckleshoot), a leading...

In this episode of The Old Growth Table ,  you’re invited into relationship with the Salmon Peoples. Their existence holds stories of prophecy, reciprocity, and resilience. Joined by conservation policy analyst and Tulalip Tribal member Cecilia Gobin, Valerie explores the living legacy of salmon and what it means to uphold the agreements our ancestors made with these relatives. We dive into the si...

This is the summer season. Breathe deep, take it in. Let the warmth settle into your bones, and imagine reaching out to collect a sun-ripened berry on a hot summer day. This episode is all about berry medicine — why it’s good for us, the stories and reverence wrapped around it, and how these small, vibrant foods have nourished our people for thousands of years. Berries like strawberry, huckleberry...

Let’s talk about  our relationship with water—not just as a tool for hydration, but as a sacred, living relative. In this episode, “Sacred Hydration: Infusions, Ancestors & Listening to Water”, Valerie explores how water draws out memory, medicine, and meaning from the world around us. Joined by special guest Mariah Gladstone (Blackfeet, Cherokee) – founder of Indigikitchen and author of Mount...

In our debut episode, Our Food Is Our Medicine , Valerie Segrest, a Native nutritionist, food advocate, and member of the Muckleshoot Tribe, invites you to the Old Growth Table — a place to remember, reconnect, and root ourselves in ancestral Indigenous foodways. We begin with learning about our wild spring greens relatives — young stinging nettles and tender dandelion greens — as we explore how t...

Welcome to The Old Growth Table — a new series celebrating the deep roots of Coast Salish food traditions and the sacred relationships we hold with the land, water, and all our relations.  Hosted by Valerie Segrest, Native Food Nutritionist, Food Activist, and enrolled member of the Muckleshoot Tribe, this show is an offering into the traditional foodways of the Coast Salish people: harvesting, pr...