Food sovereignty is the right to choose what food to eat, where it comes from, and how it is grown In the past five centuries, native foodways were used as control, a weapon to wage war on our population, and more recently as a blight on our health By taking control of our seed, in some cases bringing varieties back from the brink of extinction, and growing our own fresh fruits and vegetables, we are not only preserving our cultural heritage and revitalizing our foodways, but becoming a testament to the resilience of