PADMA EARTH
INTENTIONAL DINING—
TO REMEMBER OUR
SENSE OF ONENESS
Bagong Buhay:
Regenerative Kamayan Feast
Regenerative Kamayan Feast
Kuya Lord, Farmfluence, Sari-Sari
Food by Kuya Lord
In honor of Undas, the Filipino tradition of remembering loved ones, the Filipino American LA community came together for a kamayan feast by Kuya Lord, 2024 James Beard winner for Best Chef in California.
Kamayan, the age-old practice of eating with our hands, invites us to slow down, savor, and reconnect
The meal featured rare Asian vegetables and lechon, intentionally sourced by Farmfluence from local regenerative farms like Sow A Heart. Special guest Farmer Osmar joined the table, sharing insights on the deep impact of regeneratively grown food.
Presented with:
Kuya Lord
Kuya Lord is a restaurant by Chef Lord Maynard Llera featuring regional Filipino dishes. Kuya Lord has been recognized as one of 2023’s best new restaurants in LA by Bon Appetit, LA Times, Eater, etc.
Farmfluence
Farmfluence connects consumers with local regenerative farmers through storytelling and premium local sourcing.
Sari-Sari
Sari-Sari uplifts creatives from the Philippine diaspora through storytelling, a Filipinx/BIPOC marketplace, and community projects.
Special thanks to our partners: Our Place, Maaari, Commons, Sanzo
Photos by Sam Hunter
Regenerative Agriculture, Ancestral Food Culture, Farmer to Table
Kamayan, the age-old practice of eating with our hands, invites us to slow down, savor, and reconnect
The meal featured rare Asian vegetables and lechon, intentionally sourced by Farmfluence from local regenerative farms like Sow A Heart. Special guest Farmer Osmar joined the table, sharing insights on the deep impact of regeneratively grown food.
Presented with:
Kuya Lord
Kuya Lord is a restaurant by Chef Lord Maynard Llera featuring regional Filipino dishes. Kuya Lord has been recognized as one of 2023’s best new restaurants in LA by Bon Appetit, LA Times, Eater, etc.
Farmfluence
Farmfluence connects consumers with local regenerative farmers through storytelling and premium local sourcing.
Sari-Sari
Sari-Sari uplifts creatives from the Philippine diaspora through storytelling, a Filipinx/BIPOC marketplace, and community projects.
Special thanks to our partners: Our Place, Maaari, Commons, Sanzo
Photos by Sam Hunter
Regenerative Agriculture, Ancestral Food Culture, Farmer to Table
Garden of Earthly Delights: a Multi-Sensory Interactive Garden Experience
Tea at Shiloh, Sasha Emoniee
Collaborated with Sasha Emoniee
Garden of Earthly Delights is an exhibit created to cultivate connection with nature through a whimsical biophilic journey in the garden. Each sense is engaged throughout the exhibit, allowing the space for existence on Earth to be a curious, playful, and tactile experience.
6 Earth stations:
TACTILE, TASTE, SOUND, VISION, OLFACTORY, MIND.
On selected stations:
On the TACTILE station, we built a harvest garden grown and transported from our backyard gardens. We invited guests to slow down, observe each plant, and intuit how the plant would like to be harvested, offering a moment of gratitude and reciprocity.
On the SOUND station, foraged sounds and Earthly songs set the frequency and bring organic sonic connection to the living exhibit. Live ambient soundscape by composer and sound artist, Nicolas Snyder.
On the OLFACTORY station, we built Earth structures interwoven with live fragrant herbs and botanicals. It invited guests to immerse in every aromatic plant and conjure relational memories with each scent while learning each plant medicine’s power for healing.
Presented with:
Tea at Shiloh
A late night teahouse in Los Angeles, CA. The teahouse is a Third Place for many, a peaceful place to connect with oneself and others through tea, conversation, and creation.
Photos by Marielle Ara
Gardening, Liberation & Resistance, Community
6 Earth stations:
TACTILE, TASTE, SOUND, VISION, OLFACTORY, MIND.
On selected stations:
On the TACTILE station, we built a harvest garden grown and transported from our backyard gardens. We invited guests to slow down, observe each plant, and intuit how the plant would like to be harvested, offering a moment of gratitude and reciprocity.
On the SOUND station, foraged sounds and Earthly songs set the frequency and bring organic sonic connection to the living exhibit. Live ambient soundscape by composer and sound artist, Nicolas Snyder.
On the OLFACTORY station, we built Earth structures interwoven with live fragrant herbs and botanicals. It invited guests to immerse in every aromatic plant and conjure relational memories with each scent while learning each plant medicine’s power for healing.
Presented with:
Tea at Shiloh
A late night teahouse in Los Angeles, CA. The teahouse is a Third Place for many, a peaceful place to connect with oneself and others through tea, conversation, and creation.
Photos by Marielle Ara
Gardening, Liberation & Resistance, Community
Building a Regenerative Economy with Commons
Commons, Rivian
LA Earth Month & Food Installation
For Earth Month, we partnered with Commons and Rivian to host a 2-day climate gathering focused on "Building a Regenerative Economy." The event brought together thought leaders, brands, and environmental experts to explore how intentional spending can drive sustainable systems.
LA Climate Leaders Dinner
We hosted an intimate dinner for LA’s climate leaders and sustainable brands to connect and support one another’s missions, with food by Chef Camila Casanas.
Main Event: Climate Panel Series
We curated and produced 5 panels spanning Food & Drink, Fashion, Finance, and Brand Storytelling, highlighting how each sector plays a role in regeneration.
Regenerative Ag Food Installation
The event opened with an immersive installation contrasting regenerative and industrial farming. It invited guests to reflect on how daily food choices shape our landscapes, resource use, and collective future.
Presented with Commons
Commons is an award-winning app and community that helps people save money, earn sustainable rewards, and accelerate the shift to a low-carbon economy.
Photos by Carly Hildebrant
Regenerative Agriculture, Climate Action, Collective Economic Power
LA Climate Leaders Dinner
We hosted an intimate dinner for LA’s climate leaders and sustainable brands to connect and support one another’s missions, with food by Chef Camila Casanas.
Main Event: Climate Panel Series
We curated and produced 5 panels spanning Food & Drink, Fashion, Finance, and Brand Storytelling, highlighting how each sector plays a role in regeneration.
Regenerative Ag Food Installation
The event opened with an immersive installation contrasting regenerative and industrial farming. It invited guests to reflect on how daily food choices shape our landscapes, resource use, and collective future.
Presented with Commons
Commons is an award-winning app and community that helps people save money, earn sustainable rewards, and accelerate the shift to a low-carbon economy.
Photos by Carly Hildebrant
Regenerative Agriculture, Climate Action, Collective Economic Power
Songs of Earth: Cycle of Life
Botanical Sound, Sasha Emoniee
Food by Chef Sasha Emoniee
Songs of Earth is an interactive dining experience inviting guests to feel and experience food and community through sound.
Each course is live-scored by Botanical Sound with the ingredients on each plate. A collaborative musical experience, guests are encouraged to play and make music with their food.
Chef Sasha and I designed an experimental grazing table where guests got to build ‘healthy soil’ – the foundation of our food’s life.
The 5-course menu is intentionally designed to experience our food’s spiral life journey: from seed, to sprout, to bloom, to decay, and back to rebirth.
A night of experiencing our food as it moves through its cycles and hearing the frequencies where we meet them with ours. It’s in these intersections that we hope to close the separation between plants and humans.
Presented with:
Botanical Sound
Botanical Sound is a sensory immersive project by bio-composer and artist, Casey Barth. By collaborating with plants to create ambient soundscapes, Botanical Sound explores our relationship with Nature, plant-consciousness, and community.
Sasha Emoniee
Sasha Emoniee is a holistic cook, herbalist, and urban gardener who honors ancestral foods and ways of living in modern settings in efforts to connect us back to the land, lineage, and one another.
Photos by Carly Hildebrant
Growing Food, Deep Ecology, Experimental Art, Plant Consciousness
Each course is live-scored by Botanical Sound with the ingredients on each plate. A collaborative musical experience, guests are encouraged to play and make music with their food.
Chef Sasha and I designed an experimental grazing table where guests got to build ‘healthy soil’ – the foundation of our food’s life.
The 5-course menu is intentionally designed to experience our food’s spiral life journey: from seed, to sprout, to bloom, to decay, and back to rebirth.
A night of experiencing our food as it moves through its cycles and hearing the frequencies where we meet them with ours. It’s in these intersections that we hope to close the separation between plants and humans.
Presented with:
Botanical Sound
Botanical Sound is a sensory immersive project by bio-composer and artist, Casey Barth. By collaborating with plants to create ambient soundscapes, Botanical Sound explores our relationship with Nature, plant-consciousness, and community.
Sasha Emoniee
Sasha Emoniee is a holistic cook, herbalist, and urban gardener who honors ancestral foods and ways of living in modern settings in efforts to connect us back to the land, lineage, and one another.
Photos by Carly Hildebrant
Growing Food, Deep Ecology, Experimental Art, Plant Consciousness
Seeds of a New Economy
Commons, Camila Creates, Usal
Food by Chef Camila Casanas
For farmers, each start of a season is a momentous rebirth–a new chapter to plant seeds with caring wishful whispers of growth and abundance.
We brought the LA climate community together to envision and plant actionable seeds of daily practices that build a more harmonious, equitable, and sustainable economy.
Presented with:
Commons
A platform for people to find actionable guidance for sustainable living along with the inspiration and abundance of a climate-driven community.
Camila Creates
Chef Camila Casanas is a holistic private chef and herbalist based in Los Angeles. Infused with care and creativity in equal measure, Camila's food is heritage driven, seasonally selected, and impeccably sourced.
Usal Project
A Los Angeles based community providing experiences & goods for the modern nature enthusiast.
Photos by Stephane Wafer
Sustainability, Climate Action,
Green Economy
We brought the LA climate community together to envision and plant actionable seeds of daily practices that build a more harmonious, equitable, and sustainable economy.
Presented with:
Commons
A platform for people to find actionable guidance for sustainable living along with the inspiration and abundance of a climate-driven community.
Camila Creates
Chef Camila Casanas is a holistic private chef and herbalist based in Los Angeles. Infused with care and creativity in equal measure, Camila's food is heritage driven, seasonally selected, and impeccably sourced.
Usal Project
A Los Angeles based community providing experiences & goods for the modern nature enthusiast.
Photos by Stephane Wafer
Sustainability, Climate Action,
Green Economy