Summer Abundance
Compton Community Garden, Usal
Food by Chef Sasha Emoniee





A celebration and deeper appreciation of the alchemy of how food grows from seed to plate, knowing our food growers by name, and growing awareness about equitable food systems. The first of Padma gatherings – dinner guests, farmers, and chefs came together to imagine a garden and community grounded in care.
Presented with:
Compton Community Garden
A communal effort to directly address ecological & social inequalities in Compton & beyond.
Sasha Emoniee
Chef Sasha Emoniee is a 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.
Usal Project
A Los Angeles based community providing experiences & goods for the modern nature enthusiast.
Photos by Lucette Romy & Gemma Warren
Growing Food, Urban Agriculture
Equitable Food Systems
Presented with:
Compton Community Garden
A communal effort to directly address ecological & social inequalities in Compton & beyond.
Sasha Emoniee
Chef Sasha Emoniee is a 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.
Usal Project
A Los Angeles based community providing experiences & goods for the modern nature enthusiast.
Photos by Lucette Romy & Gemma Warren
Growing Food, Urban Agriculture
Equitable Food Systems