Hey there, welcome back. This is Andy with the Port Pearls Almanac.

Today we have a special interview.

Mayam from Ancestral Acres

Farming Garden, part of the Seeding Sovereignty Project, comes on to talk with us about

farming in New Mexico on Tewa Territory. In our conversation, we chat a bit about this idea of

working on stolen lands and how we can be good stewards of that land.

Part of this process is around the idea of how do we build community and networks within areas

where we may not be native.

So hopefully you guys enjoy this conversation.

I had a really great time talking with Miami.

And if you enjoy the episode, please give us a review on iTunes.

Myam, thanks so much for taking some time to chat with me. First, can you tell me a little bit

about yourself and ancestral acres? Yeah, thanks so much, Andy. So yeah, my name's Myam. My pronouns

are they them? I am currently living on Tewa territory. also known as Uslita Pueblo territory. And I'm originally from Charlotte, North Carolina, which is known as Kataba territory. I am a farmer of four generations. I would say five, but it skipped my dad. He didn't want to grow food,

rightfully so. I understand. So I'm farmer of four generations. My grandmother was the one who taught me

how to grow food, and be in relationship with the land. And her grandmother taught her and so on and so forth. So it's a very,

very deep practice. Hence the name ancestral acres farming garden, because for me, not only growing food

is something that's happening in the very present moment, but it's also honoring the ancestors of the

past, particularly coming from the African diaspora,

where a lot of us were either forced to grow food because of slavery or living conditions,

as well as a lot of us also just want to continue, you know, having that relationship to food,

forced or not. So that's why I came up with the term ancestral acres farm and

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