{"id":129707,"date":"2025-03-13T02:16:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/activist\/encore-show-celebrating-vegan-cuisine-month-and-black-history-month-with-asha-wheeldon-of-kula-foods-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:16:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:16:14","slug":"encore-show-celebrating-vegan-cuisine-month-and-black-history-month-with-asha-wheeldon-of-kula-foods-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=129707","title":{"rendered":"Encore Show: Celebrating Vegan Cuisine Month and Black History Month with Asha Wheeldon of Kula Foods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"fb-like\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fanimalvoices.org%2F2021%2F01%2Fencore-celebrating-vegan-cuisine-month-and-black-history-month-with-asha-wheeldon-of-kula-foods%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=21&amp;font=lucida+grande\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:21px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Listen to this show here!<\/h3>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.animalvoices.org\/AnimalVoices_2020-02-21.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/animalvoices.org\/?powerpress_pinw=12025-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.animalvoices.org\/AnimalVoices_2020-02-21.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AnimalVoices_2020-02-21.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p>February is both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daysoftheyear.com\/days\/vegan-cuisine-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Vegan Cuisine Month (opens in a new tab)\">Vegan Cuisine Month<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/vegnews.com\/2016\/2\/vegnews-celebrates-black-history-month-tracye-mcquirter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Black History Month (opens in a new tab)\">Black History Month<\/a>, so in this show, we shine a spotlight on some amazing black vegan chefs! Our featured guest, who joins us live in the studio, is Asha Wheeldon, founder of Kula Foods in Vancouver. We also share a short monologue from Oakland-based chef Bryant Terry on building and revitalizing community through food, as well as 10 plant-based transitional tips from Jenn\u00e9 Claiborne of Sweet Potato Soul. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Asha Wheeldon, Local Vegan Chef and Founder of Kula Foods, on Providing Flavourful, Nutritious, and Satisfying Afrocentric Plant-Based Foods as An Entrepreneur<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/animalvoices.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asha_Wheeldon.png?resize=280%2C383&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/animalvoices.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asha_Wheeldon.png?w=280&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/animalvoices.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asha_Wheeldon.png?resize=219%2C300&amp;ssl=1 219w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/animalvoices.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asha_Wheeldon.png?resize=260%2C356&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/animalvoices.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asha_Wheeldon.png?resize=160%2C219&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Asha Wheeldon\u2019s food journey began in Kenya, where she grew up. After migrating to Toronto as a teenager, she was introduced to West African, Caribbean, and Middle-Eastern cuisines and cultures, and the flavours of her life only continued to diversify and expand. Upon moving to Vancouver a few years ago, she felt inspired to create something unique in the world that is reflective of her experiences by connecting people and communities through delicious plant-based food.<\/p>\n<p>Asha founded <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Kula Foods (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kulakitchen.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kula Foods<\/a> with the goal to expand the spectrum of flavours in Vancouver, blending familiar tastes with new ones, and truly bringing people together through food designed for sharing. Her love of spices allows her to create <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"afrocentric  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/afrocentrism.org\/what-is-afrocentrism\/\" target=\"_blank\">Afrocentric <\/a>dishes full of flavour, from fragrant rice bowls to delicious stews, and even a famous gluten-free lasagna. Kula means \u201ceat\u201d in Swahili! <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Kula Foods (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kulakitchen.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kula Foods<\/a> operates mainly as a catering service, occasionally serving the public directly in pop-up and community events. Their creations are available through zero-waste <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Gomae meal prep (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/gomaemealprep.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gomae meal prep<\/a> services, and also available through <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Foody delivery. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.food.ee\/restaurants\/vancouver\/kula-foods\/\" target=\"_blank\">Foodee delivery<\/a>. They can also be found at Vancouver Farmer\u2019s Markets, Vegan Supply, The Juice Truck, The Soap Dispensary, and Spent Grounds Coffee House. Kula Foods is partnered with the nonprofit organization <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Afro Van Connect (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afrovanconnect.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Afro Van Connect<\/a>, whose mission is to empower those of African descent through healing the community, creating opportunity, and educating young people.<\/p>\n<p>Kula Foods is soon to be offering a brunch series starting in late March 2020 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calabashbistro.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Calabash (opens in a new tab)\">Calabash<\/a>, with the goal of repeating this event regularly throughout the year. They are also planning on a hosting a dining series throughout Metro Vancouver. In this show, Asha tells us more about her inspirations and her plans for the future of Kula Foods.<\/p>\n<p>Some upcoming events:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Black Futures Gala (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/s\/black-futures-gala-fundraiser\/623276391839359\/\" target=\"_blank\">Black Futures Gala<\/a> \u2013 fundraiser with partial proceeds going towards Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en Nation in solidarity of their protest to protect their ancestral land and recents, and partial proceeds to Black Lives Matter Vancouver \u2013 Saturday February 29th, 2020<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"A Different World Edition (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B87CUFkDU7O\/?igshid=ui00858eilb6\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Different World Edition<\/a> \u2013 paying tribute to the 90s show that empowered black youths growing up, with 90s jams \u2013 Thurday March 5th, 2020<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Black Love Series: Healing with Food (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/s\/the-black-love-series-healing-\/2439499769633726\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Black Love Series: Healing with Food<\/a> \u2013  join Afro Van Connect alongside Asha Wheeldon from Kula Kitchen, Dr. Dorian Holmes and Dora Kamau for an evening of exploration of self-love, food, and wellness \u2013 Thursday April 2nd, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bryant Terry on Building and Revitalizing Community Through Food<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/animalvoices.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/bryant_terry-1.jpg?resize=410%2C296&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11009\" width=\"410\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/animalvoices.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/bryant_terry-1.jpg?w=410&amp;ssl=1 410w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/animalvoices.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/bryant_terry-1.jpg?resize=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/animalvoices.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/bryant_terry-1.jpg?resize=260%2C188&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/animalvoices.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/bryant_terry-1.jpg?resize=160%2C116&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Bryant Terry (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bryant-terry.com\/long-bio\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bryant Terry<\/a> is a James Beard Award-winning vegan chef, educator, cookbook author, and food justice activist who strives to create healthy, just, and sustainable food systems. He graduated from the Chef\u2019s Training Program at the National Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts in New York City, holds an MA in History from NYU, and a BA with honors in English from Xavier University of Louisiana. He has been the Chef-In-Residence at the Museum of the African Diaspora (moAD) in San Francisco since 2015. Working there, he creates public programming at the intersection of food, farming, health, activism, art, culture, and the African Diaspora. In 2002, Bryant founded b-healthy (Building Healthy Eating and Lifestyles to Help Youth), a multi-year initiative in New York City aiming to empower youth to become more active in working towards a sustainable food system.<\/p>\n<p>Bryant currently serves on the advisory board for an undergraduate student project based at UC Berkeley called From Mothers to Mothers, which began with focus on postpartum food wisdom of immigrant and refugee Asian American Pacific Islander Women. In April 2017, the students published a multicultural and multilingual cookbook featuring postpartum recipes written Korean, H\u2019mong, Cambodian, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Tagalog, which is translated into English. Phase two of this project is focusing on the maternal mortality crisis among African American and Native women.<\/p>\n<p>During the clip of his monologue played in this show, Bryant Terry talks about incorporating healthy plant-forward eating into everyday life and bringing communities together with food.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jenn\u00e9 Claiborne with 10 Tips on Transitioning to Plant-Based Eating<\/h2>\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Jenn\u00e9 Claiborne (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/sweetpotatosoul.com\/about-jenne\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jenn\u00e9 Claiborne<\/a> grew up on cooking as a creative outlet, through many memories with her grandmother, friends, family, and community. She studied at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and founded the personal chef company, The Nourishing Vegan.  Jenn\u00e9 is also the co-creator of the online meal planning service Buddhalicious, which is designed to make it easy for people to adopt a healthy and delicious plant-based diet. <\/p>\n<p>Discovering health-forward eating in college, Jenn\u00e9 became vegan after learning about how animals are exploited for their bodies and reproductive processes. Though she did not give up on eating animals in order to improve her health nor happiness, both ended up having greatly improved! Since then, she has dedicated her career as an educator in vegan health and cooking through her blog <a href=\"https:\/\/sweetpotatosoul.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Sweet Potato Soul<\/a> and activities extending beyond it. Jenn\u00e9 is a vegan advocate who has published her first cookbook sharing the same name as her blog, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sweet Potato Soul (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/549916\/sweet-potato-soul-by-jenne-claiborne\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sweet Potato Soul<\/a>, and shares many of her recipes and tips through both her blog and her <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Youtube channel (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SweetPotatoSoul\/\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div id=\"_ytid_22831\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" data-origwidth=\"860\" data-origheight=\"484\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cmVScqB3bbI?enablejsapi=1&amp;rel=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;cc_load_policy=0&amp;cc_lang_pref=&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;loop=0&amp;fs=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autohide=2&amp;theme=dark&amp;color=red&amp;controls=1&amp;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"YouTube player\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/cmVScqB3bbI\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=860&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewbox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"\/><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>Show produced by Elyse Jacobson, with web content written by Asami Hitohara, guest co-hosted by Grace Wampold, operations done by Carole Davies-MacIntosh<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\">\n<div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\">\n<h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this for the animals!<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/ssl.connect.facebook.com\/js\/api_lib\/v0.4\/FeatureLoader.js.php\/en_US?ver=0.4\" id=\"fb-featureloader-js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to this show here! 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