Research

Chronic degenerative illnesses arise from the complex interplay of lifestyle choices influenced by a multitude of systemic factors…

These factors include the historical, geographical, social, cultural, and economic repercussions of colonization and the industrialization of our food systems.

Overall, it’s time we change the way we look at dis-ease.

Our founder has studied how a plant-strong, whole-foods lifestyle combined with traditional knowledge can not only reverse established chronic illnesses, but can also keep people disease-free. Nicolette is a Doctoral student at Royal Roads University researching the connection between microbiome and obesity, Type 2 Diabetes and mental health, with a focus on those who identify as Indigenous, Black or a Person of Colour.

In her Doctoral thesis, she researched how a plant-based, whole-foods diet and traditional knowledge of nutrition and lifestyle can keep people disease-free. 

She will be furthering her research at stops along a cross-Canada tour. In cities across the country, she’ll meet with community leaders to uncover barriers to food security, soil regeneration, and healthy eating and living. Together, they will learn how to take action and heal. Growers, physicians, educators, elders, youth, policy-makers need to be at the table to create systemic change and reverse the chronic disease epidemic that touches us all.

HER RESEARCH HAS 4 MAIN OBJECTIVES:

  1. Help Canadians remember that traditional,
    unrefined, whole-foods are medicine

  2. Pinpoint systemic social, environmental and economic
    barriers to change

  3. Create lasting friendships and reciprocity that heal
    the people and the land

  4. Mobilize knowledge and share through the creation
    of a documentary film