What is better, technology or tradition. When you get a sore throat, do you reach for a prescription or make yourself tea with honey like your grandmother did. This dilemma, technology or tradition, resurfaces across countries, cultures, and industries.But why do we have to choose. I descend from Amazonian and Indian healers. Women like my grandmother who taught me that nature is alive and I trained as a PhD scientist in the United States working internationally for a decade.I embody two worlds that are oft ...

Good afternoon. Thousands of years ago, people learned that if they submerged ve vegetables and fruits in salt and brine, it transform into something new. The food not only tasted different, but people also felt healthier when they consume this kind of food.This was ancient form of creativity. Fermented foods, vegetables and beverages have evolved so early that it is thought that they help humans transform from hunter gather community into stable farming community. Fast forward to today, we are using genome ...