The Food, Sustainability, and Mindfulness Connection with Tammera Karr from the NANP 2022 HEALCon. Take this quiz to earn 1.5 NANP CECs.

Tammera has 20-plus years of clinical experience and is an author, educator, food historian, and researcher. The author of three holistic nutrition-focused books, Our Journey with Food, Our Journey with Food Cookery Book, and Empty Plate: Food, Sustainability, Mindfulness. Tammera is the primary instructor for HN4UOnline.Ed

A Native of Oregon, Tammera enjoys the challenges of nutrition research, food history, traditional food preservation, and whole-food cooking. She and her family have lived in remote areas of Oregon for over fifty years. She currently resides in central Southern Oregon and explores nature and history with her husband, Michael.

Presentation Description: 
Nutrition: What is it? For decades, research has limited the concept of nutrition to macro- and micronutrients made up of chemical components. Food became viewed as a chemical reservoir rather than an ingredient of nourishment for humanity. In the modern reductionist view, a calorie is a calorie. Countless agricultural practices and industrially manufactured foods are viewed as beneficial nourishment equal to or better than traditional foods and growing and cooking methods. 

Nourishment has many ingredients, often likened to the layers of an onion. Each protects and supports the next and is made up of many elements. The holistic view of nourishment isn’t just about the food ingested—it is also about the growing body of research supporting the nourishment gained from nature, culture, tradition, light, sound, and color.  

This presentation will guide participants through current research on nourishment for a “ lifestyle " that encompasses food, sustainability, and mindfulness instead of a narrow view of chemicals and calories. 

Learning Objectives:

• Utilize the principles of nutrition, sustainability, and mindfulness with clients and community action events.
• Demonstrate how to support the client’s recommended nutrition plan through the use of sustainable traditional whole foods. 
• Empower clients/patients in their efforts to modify their diet and lifestyle in a sustainable, holistic manner. 
• Develop education action points for food insecurity awareness for low-income and at-risk individuals. 
• Demonstrate how food brings communities together.