Edible Activist

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Edible Activist episodes

February 25, 2021 #101: My Little Green Space with Marilyn Griffin
What do you do when dad purchases a plot of land and says this is your legacy? You transform it into a little green space for growing food! After taking a sabbatical from her teaching job in New York City, Marilyn Griffin returned to Detroit where she would end up diving all the way into her genealogy. In 2020, Marilyn started Griffin Gardens and coincidentally made the decision to remain in the 'D' when the pandemic hit. This episode reveals some fascinating findings about her family lineage, Marilyn talks educating youth about knowing where they come from, and of course we dig into her garden and what she has learned during the process. Tap in!
Sponsored by Hello Fresh.
51 min
February 18, 2021 #100: Easy Living Gardens with Brandy Strickland
The Edible Activist Podcast kicks off its new season and 100th episode with gardener extraordinaire, Brandy Strickland of Easy Living Gardens! At the helm of two grandmothers, Brandy pulled invaluable knowledge from her divine matriarchs who farmed the land. In this episode, she takes us back to her childhood farm experiences in North Carolina, talks growing in Green Cove Springs, Florida where she resides and has managed to build a beautiful garden mix of vegetables and flowers, and dishes about her garden inspiration and raising two kings. Tap in!
Sponsored by Hello Fresh.
48 min
December 31, 2020 #099: Reflecting and Finding Joy
We wrap this edible season and year up with reflection and joy. This episode highlights some of our favorite conversations that nourished minds and souls during an emotionally-filled year. Peace and blessings. New season will launch in February 2021!
17 min
December 28, 2020 #098: Celebrating Black Women in Food and Agriculture
We celebrate ten divine black women in food and agriculture who have been charting territories unapologetically. These women are farmers, business owners, and artists building from the ground up, getting their hands dirty, serving their communities, and preserving black food history, all while representing the beauty of our culture. Listen in as Melissa L. Jones highlights the women she admires in this space!
33 min
December 18, 2020 #097: Help Three Part Harmony Farm Go Solar
Three Part Harmony is going solar at that their 2-acre, off-the-grid farm in Washington, DC! In this episode we chat with Gail Taylor, owner and operator, about 3PH's vision and how they have been sustaining the farm with the support of their staff, volunteers and community. We also discuss farming operations and the lift and economical support that is needed, especially for BIPOC farmers/growers, to run a farming business. Let's support this black-woman-owned farm and help 3PH go solar! Tune in to learn more!
46 min
December 15, 2020 #096: Transforming Our Food System: The COEP Blueprint
This episode unveils a critical set of food system recommendations for the Chesapeake Region, a report and blueprint produced by the Chesapeake Foodshed Network's Community Ownership Empowerment and Prosperity (COEP) action team. Asha Carter and Dr. Sade Anderson-Brown, COEP members, breakdown the groundwork strategies in this report as they speak truth around our monopolized food system. This blueprint will challenge institutions and those with power to help transform systemic change in the Chesapeake Region. Tune in!
1 hr 15 min
December 08, 2020 #095: Exploring Roots in Mt. Olive, Mississippi
Tag along with Melissa, her two aunts and Big Ma as they visit Mt. Olive, MS, a small town outside of Jackson, to explore the land where her greats called home and farmed on. In this brief episode you'll hear conversations from the car as Melissa's family treks through town, making a couple of stops along the way, while she questions family land ownership. Listen in on the start of this explorative journey to uncovering her agricultural roots in The Sip!
18 min
November 13, 2020 #094: Herbal Blessings
Surrounded by herbs, tea blends, and healing energy, Melissa chats with co-founder and attorney, Yasmin Collins, of Herbal Blessings about the vision behind her family's medicinal business. In this episode, we explore Yasmin's journey to decolonizing her diet, black history in the Farish Street Neighborhood Historic District (Jackson, MS), and we get to hear from the CEO: Eric T. Collins, Jr. aka EJ, their plant-based baby boy who loves sea moss! Tune in!
39 min
November 11, 2020 #093: Hey Tribe, I'm Back!
Melissa returns to the show after taking an unexpected hiatus in September and October! Tune in as she catches listeners up about her travels to Mississippi and what brought her down south this time around!
9 min
September 23, 2020 #092: Edible Visit: Mama Jacky and Chae Butter in the Garden
In this candid conversation, at the cozy home of Mama Jacky and Chae Butter in Clinton, MD, the mother-daughter duo talks about their decision to garden this year. In an effort to keep their minds off the world's sorrow, they took to the garden and grew squash, watermelon, flowers, and herbs. A colorful abundance that brightended their spirits. In this episode, Mama Jacky takes us down memory lane, recounting great grandma's massive garden, peeling back stories of apple drying and okra stews. We also learn that Chae lived on the land with her grandparents that they owned in South Boston, VA, waking up early mornings to do groundwork, in hopes that grandpa would give her a horse. Chae never got her horse (haaa). Tune in! Powered and distributed by Simplecast.
47 min

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Edible Activist is a podcast that feeds you empowering narratives and perspectives from the voices of emerging black people and people of color in food and agriculture who are stewarding the land,…