Turkana rely on their animals for milk, meat and blood.
Wild fruits are gathered by women from the bushes and cooked for 12 hours.
Slaughtered goats are roasted on a fire.
Roasting meat is their favorite way of consuming meat.
The Turkana often trade with the Pokots for maize, beans and vegetables and Marakwet for tobacco.
The Turkana buy tea from the towns and make milk tea.
In the morning, people eat maize porridge with milk, while for lunch and dinner they eat plain maize porridge (nang'aria) with a stew.
Zebu are only eaten during festivals, while goat is consumed more frequently.
Fish is taboo for some of the Turkana clans (or brands, "ngimacharin").
After the hunt, men go out again to gather honey, which is the only natural sweetener available in traditional diets.

While the Turkana mainly rely on pastoralism they also cultivate some of their food.
Multiple studies have made note of sorghum cultivation in Turkana society.
One such study, Sorghum Gardens in South Turkana: Cultivation among a Nomadic Pastoral People, notes that while sorghum cultivation is quite productive it is more limited by environmental factors than pastoralism.
The Jie, a long time ally of the Turkana, have sometimes been know to gift sorghum to the Turkana.
Turkana rely on their animals for milk, meat and blood. Wild fruits are gathered by women from the bushes and cooked for 12 hours. Slaughtered goats are roasted on a fire. Roasting meat is their favorite way of consuming meat. The Turkana often trade with the Pokots for maize, beans and vegetables and Marakwet for tobacco. The Turkana buy tea from the towns and make milk tea. In the morning, people eat maize porridge with milk, while for lunch and dinner they eat plain maize porridge (nang'aria) with a stew. Zebu are only eaten during festivals, while goat is consumed more frequently. Fish is taboo for some of the Turkana clans (or brands, "ngimacharin"). After the hunt, men go out again to gather honey, which is the only natural sweetener available in traditional diets.
While the Turkana mainly rely on pastoralism they also cultivate some of their food. Multiple studies have made note of sorghum cultivation in Turkana society. One such study, Sorghum Gardens in South Turkana: Cultivation among a Nomadic Pastoral People, notes that while sorghum cultivation is quite productive it is more limited by environmental factors than pastoralism. The Jie, a long time ally of the Turkana, have sometimes been know to gift sorghum to the Turkana.
Turkana people