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 the spirit of Undas, the Philippines’ version of Dia de Los Muertos, the Filipino American community in LA came together and celebrated life and death through a regenerative kamayan feast by Kuya Lord, who won the James Beard 2024 award for Best Chef in California.
Kamayan is a traditional Filipino way of eating where food is eaten by hands with no plates and utensils–creating a more playful and intimate connection with our food.
The kamayan’s ingredients, from the rare asian vegetables to the lucenachon, was sourced by Farmfluence with the highest intentionality with local regenerative farms like Sow A Heart.
Our special guest, Farmer Osmar of Sow A Heart Farm, dined in kamayan with guests and shared a wealth of wisdom about the felt difference of regenerative farmed-foods.
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 is bridging the gap between consumers and our local regenerative farmers through a content studio and sourcing the highest quality local regenerative produce.
Sari-Sari
Sari-Sari supports and amplifies creatives and innovators from the Philippine diaspora, through exploratory content, a Filipinx and BIPOC marketplace, and community cultivation projects.
Special thanks to our partners: Our Place, Maaari, Commons, Sanzo
Photos by Sam Hunter
Regenerative Agriculture, Ancestral Food Culture, Farmer to Table
Kamayan is a traditional Filipino way of eating where food is eaten by hands with no plates and utensils–creating a more playful and intimate connection with our food.
The kamayan’s ingredients, from the rare asian vegetables to the lucenachon, was sourced by Farmfluence with the highest intentionality with local regenerative farms like Sow A Heart.
Our special guest, Farmer Osmar of Sow A Heart Farm, dined in kamayan with guests and shared a wealth of wisdom about the felt difference of regenerative farmed-foods.
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 is bridging the gap between consumers and our local regenerative farmers through a content studio and sourcing the highest quality local regenerative produce.
Sari-Sari
Sari-Sari supports and amplifies creatives and innovators from the Philippine diaspora, through exploratory content, a Filipinx and BIPOC marketplace, and community cultivation 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 produced and hosted a 2-day climate community gathering with Commons and Rivian about ‘Building a Regenerative Economy’.
It brought together thought leaders, brands, and environmental experts shaping the future of intentional spending to realize the collective power of people to build sustainable economic systems.
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LA Climate Leaders Dinner:
We held a private dinner for LA’s climate leaders and leading sustainable brands to connect meaningfully and help support each other’s missions. Food by Chef Camila Casanas.
Climate Panel:
On the main event, we curated and produced 5 panel conversations across various industries: Food & Drink, Fashion, Finance, and Brand Storytelling.
Regenerative Ag Food Installation:
We opened the event with a food installation to show the contrast between regenerative and industrial farming ecosystems and practices. It invites the viewer to observe the difference in landscapes, what grows in them, and how resources of land and water are distributed.
It invites the viewer to reflect on how our collective daily food choices matter in growing regenerative food systems: What does choosing regeneration over convenience look like at large? How does the price tag of regenerative farmed food compare to the environmental and humanitarian cost of industrial-farmed food options? How could our demand for regenerative foods make this more accessible for all?
Presented with:
Commons
Commons is an awarded app and online community that helps people save money and earn sustainable living rewards while driving the shift to a low-carbon economy.
Special thanks to Rivian for hosting the event
Photos by Carly Hildebrant
Regenerative Agriculture, Climate Action, Collective Economic Power
It brought together thought leaders, brands, and environmental experts shaping the future of intentional spending to realize the collective power of people to build sustainable economic systems.
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LA Climate Leaders Dinner:
We held a private dinner for LA’s climate leaders and leading sustainable brands to connect meaningfully and help support each other’s missions. Food by Chef Camila Casanas.
Climate Panel:
On the main event, we curated and produced 5 panel conversations across various industries: Food & Drink, Fashion, Finance, and Brand Storytelling.
Regenerative Ag Food Installation:
We opened the event with a food installation to show the contrast between regenerative and industrial farming ecosystems and practices. It invites the viewer to observe the difference in landscapes, what grows in them, and how resources of land and water are distributed.
It invites the viewer to reflect on how our collective daily food choices matter in growing regenerative food systems: What does choosing regeneration over convenience look like at large? How does the price tag of regenerative farmed food compare to the environmental and humanitarian cost of industrial-farmed food options? How could our demand for regenerative foods make this more accessible for all?
Presented with:
Commons
Commons is an awarded app and online community that helps people save money and earn sustainable living rewards while driving the shift to a low-carbon economy.
Special thanks to Rivian for hosting the event
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