From the first seed in the ground to the last dance of the harvest celebration, the work of growing, cooking, and preserving food has always been accompanied and guided by song, story, and dance. In this session, we'll explore how growing, foraging and cooking around the world is embedded with rhythm, melody and narrative: how grain-pounding songs synchronized labor and prevented injury, how the Three Sisters story is also precise instruction on companion planting, how harvest celebrations held communities accountable to each other. Participants will come away with a richer sense of how the performing arts and the food system have always been one thing, not two — and with a collection of specific examples from around the world.