Our Story

 

Mission

Healing From Foods is a woman-owned and operated business and our mission is to help create a better future for all people as well as the planet we live on. Through ethical sourcing, education, and nourishment, Healing From Foods aims to help support basic human rights for everyone and help create a more sustainable future for the planet. In partnership with community collectives in Central America, we work to import Ojoche, a superfood seed, that provides income, stability, and community growth for those we source from and health and vitality to you, our customer.  

Story

Since I was a child, my father has worked with small communities and farmers in Central America to import ethically sourced spices and herbs to the United States. I grew up patiently waiting for him to get back from trips with new and exciting things to try, and then, when I was old enough, I went along with him to visit the communities and farms where the spices I was so used to eating were being grown and harvested. 

I was 16 when I went to Central America and tried Ojoche Tostado for the first time. On that trip, I got to meet the women who wild harvest Ojoche and see the facility they were using to dry and process it. Now, it is nearly 10 years later, and I feel so much gratitude that I get to work with the co-operatives in Central America and bring Ojoche back to my community in the United States.