In Issue #30

Hoosier Thoughts
 

Resilience is an elusive thing. To understand how resilient you actually are, you must go through something unpleasant in your life. A fall off a bike, the loss of a loved one, a divorce, any sort of tragedy, big or small. Originally, in planning our fall issue we considered a women’s issue, as our community is filled with inspiring, empowered women of all colors, all sizes, all ages. This issue centered around our feature story about a trip to Sonoma, where unintentionally the places we visited all had a strong female influence. As we began the process of developing the surrounding stories it became clear that the unwavering connection between every story told is that of courage, strength and the ability to rise above hardship. Whether it be the devastating wildfires in California, the heartbreak of infertility, an immigration scare during an ugly divorce or the forgotten history of the Native Americans, people come together. People have the ability to bury the negative and flourish above all else. I am honored for Edible Indy to talk about these emotional and relevant issues while sharing with you the importance of standing tall, speaking out and continuing to empower one another with the potency of positivity. And thank you to my unbelievable managing editor for continuing to push us to be better and to the dedication of every writer and artist who devotes their time to our publication. We are blessed and honored to have you.

Hoosier Hugs,
Jennifer & Jeff Rubenstein

Carrie Juvan and Jennifer Rubenstein in Tiburon, California

Letter from the Editor
 

When Jennifer and I sat down to brainstorm for this issue we quickly realized we wanted to speak not just to the traditions of autumn but also to the present moment. We both felt called to address the pressing issues knocking on our editorial doors. In my nine years of publishing Edible magazines, I’m acutely aware of how food issues have flipped and social issues are now the more important aspect of the local food movement. And, in all honesty, they should be. Food justice is about social justice. We’re honored to have Chef Sean Sherman in this issue for the work he and his team are doing in this country to reignite indigenous food traditions and have the conversations, sometimes difficult, around how Native Americans ate and how their food traditions disappeared due to genocide. We pair Sherman’s wisdom with recipes we co-developed using indigenous plants so you might get a taste of what Indiana used to taste like before European civilization staked its claim on the land. Something Chef Sherman shares with all of the amazing women in this issue is a sense of the interdependence of all living things. The women in the Indy Women in Food group and Julia Turshen of EATT know this well, having cultivated communities so that strength in numbers becomes more than a cliché. Thank you to our team at Edible Indy and to our editor in chief and publisher for always digging deep and printing stories that root themselves in your heart. For surely, once there, love will inspire you someday to make a change for the interdependence of all living things, too.

Eat Well, Love Well, Live Well,
Colleen

Colleen Leonardi