If This Food Could Talk · Claudia Hanna

Where Soil Meets Consciousness: The MilkTrekker on Food, Land, and Living Intentionally

·50 min·5 clips
Trevor describes how Mongolian herders make hard, sour cheese balls from yak milk to preserve summer bounty through harsh winters.
Host Claudia Hanna interviews Trevor Wormadal, the Milk Trekker, about his global journey documenting traditional cheesemaking practices. They explore natural fermentation, terroir in dairy, and Trevor's experiences with yak milk in Mongolia and camel milk in India, while discussing the threats to endangered foodways and the cultural importance of preserving these traditions.

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A food conversation that keeps returning to land, care, and milk.

Trevor Wormadal's conversation with Claudia Hanna keeps food tied to place and memory without losing the practical details. It starts in Arizona, moves through regenerative living, and lands on yak milk and simple cheesemaking, with the sort of knowledge that comes from doing…

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If you want food talk that starts in soil and lands in meaning.

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