Now that other inspired films are bringing regenerative agriculture and permaculture conversations into the mainstream, it is more important than ever to note the original developers of these practices - the Indigenous.  Life Lab is grateful GATHER has become a key part of this discussion.  Enjoy and share! October 30th @ 7pm PST

Thank you for viewing!!  Please support the film 

, its message, and the people & organizations featured in the film.  

Here are some additional insightful resources for children to learn more about indigenous culture

https://indianyouth.org/what-we-do/our-programs/organic-gardens-food/

The Life Lab Land Acknowledgement, now shared at all formal gatherings in our Garden Classroom on the UCSC campus:
“The land on which we gather is the unceded territory of the Awaswas-speaking Uypi Tribe. 

, comprised of the descendants of indigenous people taken to missions Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista during Spanish colonization of the Central Coast, is today working hard to restore traditional stewardship practices on these lands and heal from historical trauma.”


Learn more about the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band and the


*Land acknowledgement developed in partnership with the
Amah Mutsun Tribal Band Chairman and the 

Life Lab

Gather is an intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political and cultural identities through food sovereignty, while battling the trauma of centuries of genocide.

A portrait of a growing movement amongst Indigenous Americans to reclaim their spiritual and cultural identities through obtaining sovereignty over their ancestral food systems, while battling against the historical trauma brought on by centuries of genocide.