Writings of Jeffrey Lazos Ferns

  Flavors of Arizona: A Journey Through Native Culinary Heritage at Condé Nast This past September, I had the incredible experience of bringing Flavors of Arizona: A Journe y Through Native Culinary Heritage to Condé Nast at the World Trade Center in New York City.  We produced a tasting menu for 300 Conde Nast food writers, global influencers and editors. All their brands were present including Bon Appetit, Vogue, The New Yorker and more. I have been producing this event in various forms for over 13 years in Arizona. This was quite the challenge, and I took the responsibilty of representing Arizona and Indigenous Culinary Arizona to heart. My journey in Indigenous Food Ways begin as a child listening to the stories my mother shared of her Grandmother. I have a strange professional skill set, that spans, media relations, marketing, arts, culture producer and more. I am a Master Gardener in desert landscapes and lecture on Edible Medicinal Plants of the Sonoran Desert.  T...

 "The Summer I Began to  Carry the Sun" In that sweltering summer of 1976, when the air was thick with the scent of ripening fields, and childhood lingered like a distant memory, I turned ten. It was the summer ordained for my initiation into the toils of the earth, laboring alongside my mother and sisters beneath the unforgiving sun. The scorching days stretched out like the endless rows of cotton, onions, and lettuce we would tread. Yet, a quiet pride swelled within me, for this was the summer I would contribute to the family’s meager coffers, shedding the idle innocence of youth for the weary dignity of work. Long gone would be the lazy summers of bickering with my younger siblings in the dim rooms of our modest home, the sluggish hands of the clock mocking our impatience as we awaited my mother’s and sisters’ return from the fields. Now, I would earn a seat at the table of their whispered dreams and secret yearnings, the quiet confessions of what they would buy and where ...

  Embracing New Horizons: A Social Media Transition  A New Chapter in My Digital Life Change is a constant, and as I step into a new phase of my digital presence, I’m making a small but meaningful shift in how I connect online. Going forward, any Meta platform solely be dedicated solely to managing my clients’ social media pages. I would delete them completely but I am in the Media/Public Relation/Marketing field. I left Twitter years ago and I haven’t posted on IG for quite a while.  For personal interactions, I’m making the move to BlueSkySocial . You can find me here:   AxisPHX  If you're looking to keep up with my eclectic interests, thoughts, and creative exploration, just want to say hello. Additionally, here my personal blog remains a space where I share musings, projects, and discoveries. Looking forward to continuing the conversation—whether in business or in friendship—wherever we meet online.  Finding Balance in a Blank Slate  ...