Filipinx Food as Medicine: Self Paced Course

8 Pre-Recorded Modules with Monthly Live Drop-In Sessions

Rolling Applications from early January 2026 through March 2026 — Modules become available upon full registration

We are never alone, in our struggles, healing, and liberation. The supportive practices of connecting with the Land and the medicines within our lineages are always available to us. Join us as we collectively reclaim our right to heal ourselves.

Through hands on teachings on Filipinx food, common herbs, and rituals of earth reverence, we will explore our ancestral medicine in service of freeing our communities, the land, and future generations. These lessons are appropriate for both beginners and those with years of experience in holistic wellbeing, ancestral healing, and political organizing.

This course is structured through 8 pre-recorded lessons, accompanying handouts, and a variety of resources offered all via Google Classroom. Teachings are facilitated by Kai Delgado Pfeifer. More details of the course structure and contents can be found below.

While the course is completely self-guided, this course also includes monthly live drop-in sessions via Zoom where participants are invited to bring questions and experiences into collective discussion. Live calls, while not required, are a good opportunity to meet other participants and build global relationships.

Filipinx Food as Medicine is a culturally specific learning community that is only open to BIPOC (including mixed race) participants. Uplifting the abundant ancestral connections and histories of solidarity between BIPOC lineages, we welcome this opportunity for cultural exchange and deepening of our shared liberation.

Course Structure & Contents

Pre-recorded Lessons

Each week following your registration, you will receive access to a new lesson.

Each week, you will receive videos, handouts, and supplementary resources regarding the following topics.

Crafting with Weekly Plant Guide: Working hands-on with a Filipinx Ancestral Plant through various types of Filipinx food and herbal medicine recipes. A preview of the plants that we will work with are listed.

Nurturing the 4 Elements in our Bodies: A mix of guided practice & presentation. Topics include meditation, Plant Energetics, Botany, body energetics systems, Reflecting on generational health, Cleansing practices.

In addition to the weekly plant centered lessons, each week you will receive the following teachings in an alternating schedule.

Food Justice Political Education: 4 lectures contextualizing our journey in a decolonized Filipinx history of agriculture, food/medicine traditions, spirituality, and agrarian liberation movements. The lectures cover the following historical periods of the Philippines: pre-colonial, Spanish occupation, American occupation, and modern neo-colonial period.

Art & Story Based Integration: A range of visual and writing activities to integrate our knowledge and experiences.

Google Classroom

Google Classroom will serve as the platform for all lessons and communication following your registration. If you do not already have one, you will need to create a Google account in order to access this platform.

The learning portal will be available to you for 1 year. All learning materials shared are for your reference only. If you wish to cite any teaching materials, we request that you email with your intentions for using the materials so that we can decide if it is appropriate.

Live Drop-In Sessions

This course offers optional monthly, hour long, Zoom drop-in sessions from January 2026 through June 2026. These sessions will be loosely structured aside from a guided meditation offered at the start of the calls. The space will be guided by the questions and experiences that participants share.

Due to the rolling enrollment structure of this course, participants will be meeting others at varying points in their 8 week learning cycles. While questions and experiences shared by others may relate to topics that you have already or have not yet completed, we harness this opportunity for expansive discussions that will be supportive at any stage of your course completion.

Schedule of calls:

Sunday January 18, 12 PM EST

Sunday February 22, 12 PM EST

Sunday March 22, 12 PM EST

Call times in April, May, and June are TBA, but will still take place on the 3rd or 4th Sunday of each month.

Sliding Scale Pricing, Payment Plans, and Scholarships

As part of its comittment to be accessible our communities, Filipinx Food as Medicine offers its classes on a sliding scale basis. We will not require proof of income when registering and trust that our community will make offerings to fairly compensate the organizers and other infrastructure required to make this space available to the community. We also offer payment plans and scholarship spaces to invite as many folks into these learnings.

Please refer to this page to help you determine what is an equitable sliding scale donation for your particular situation.

Payment plans are available under the following guidelines:

  • A 40% deposit of your chosen sliding scale must be made via Venmo, Paypal, or Zelle upon acceptance to the course.

  • Along with your deposit, we will set up scheduled automatic payments via Venmo, Paypal, or Zelle for the remainder of your balance.

  • When we agree to a payment plan via email, we can discuss the intervals of your remaining payments (weekly, biweekly, or monthly).

  • The balance of your sliding scale offering must be received in full within 6 weeks of your registration date.

Scholarships

  • Several scholarships are available by request. These spaces are generally prioritised for community members who struggle to meet their basic living needs, live with significant debt, and/or are youth who are dependent on an adult’s limited income. We also prioritise folks with disabilities and intensive caregiving responsibilities. We recognize however that there are many other factors that may limit one’s ability to make a financial contribution for this course. Please indicate your general situation in the Google Form application (in the section regarding scholarships), so that we are able to assess the pool of applicants most in need of free participation. We cannot guarantee scholarships for all applicants if there is a wide pool of requests, but we will do our best to ensure that everyone who wishes to arrive to this space is able.

Sliding Scale Explanation

Solidarity Offering - This scale represents around 75% of the true program cost.

$350 USD

Equity Offering - This scale reflects the true program cost / living wage compensation.

$500 USD

Benefactor Offering - This scale reflects full cost for your self & contribution on behalf of a fellow community member.

$650 USD