Chef Walks First, Jessica Paemonekot, is on a mission to spread love and knowledge within communities through education with nourishing foods, entertaining social gatherings, and live cooking demonstrations. Chef Walks First, who was born on the Menominee Indian Reservation in northeastern Wisconsin, grew up in Chicago cooking native foods, many of the ingredients such as wild rice, corn, fish, or venison came from family who lived on the reservation. And now she is focused on exposing folks who aren't familiar with Native cuisine, and educating the masses on what traditional food from this region looks like. Through the Seed to Feed Native Foods Initiative, Chef is working to restore traditional food systems, with a goal of seeing a strong food sovereignty program in Chicago--and teaching folks how to identify, harvest, grow, and cook Indigenous foods is a start to restoring our food systems. By supporting Ketapanen Kitchen, you're helping create community programs and expanding access to traditional seeds and foods to the community.