Edible Activist

By Melissa L. Jones

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, hea... more

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The podcast currently has 189 episodes available.

Edible Activist episodes:

December 18, 2019 #059: Edible Season Finale
In this season finale, host, Melissa L. Jones and guest Jeremy Carry talk gratitude, vision and purpose!
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42min
December 11, 2019 #058: Black Food Justice
Black Food Justice is a fight for our health, wealth equity, access to greener environments, and our land. In this episode, Asha Carter, deputy director with the National Black Food and Justice Alliance, shares what black food justice means to her, details her relationship with nature, and provides a basic understanding of land trusts and how we can use land to build systems for survival. Tune in! Powered and distributed by Simplecast.
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49min
December 04, 2019 #057: A Conversation with Krystal Mack
Food isn't linear, and for artists like Krystal Mack, this means using food to tell our history, build community, and as a tool for social design. In this episode we explore Krystal's culinary entrepreneurial journey as a business owner and baker, breakdown Baltimore's food landscape and how this has impacted her work, the importance of language and controlling our narratives, and her most recent event: Black Women, Food & Power! Powered and distributed by Simplecast.
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53min
November 20, 2019 #056: Everybody's Juice
Fresh-pressed juice is for everybody, literally. We all need nutrients and vitamins from leafy greens, citrus, and fruits, it's nature's medicine. In this episode we sit down with DC native, Najee Ellerbe, who is a certified juice therapist and owner of Everybody's Juice, a delivery company that offers juice subscriptions to customers. In 2016, Najee contracted the flu and came across juicing while he was bedridden. Little did he know, this lifestyle change would cure his illness, and eventually Everybody's Juice was born. Tune in!
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47min
November 13, 2019 #055: Reflections of the Land Part II
What does land mean to you? And if you inherited it, how would you steward it? This episodes continues conversations from last week's episode, Reflections of the Land, with host Melissa L. Jones and guest co-host, Jeremy Carry. The top of the episode starts with farming ninja, Jay, sharing how he would cultivate the land if he inherited five acres, then segwaying into stigmas that many black people and people of color have about farming. We also spotlight The Atlantic's piece: The Great Land Robbery. Tune in!
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47min
November 06, 2019 #054: Reflections of the Land Part I
In this episode, host Melissa L. Jones takes time to share reflections of the land, along with guest and farmer, Jeremy Carry. Land has been a significant topic for the Edible Activist podcast and at two recent events attended by the hosts. Tune in to hear Melissa's personal view of what land means to her and Jeremy's perspectives on how people should be stewarding nature's grid.
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52min
October 23, 2019 #053: DMV Black Restaurant Week
DMV Black Restaurant Week is building bridges in the black hospitality world, while paying homage to black mixologists, chefs, and restaurateurs that came before us. With a 60 billion dollar food industry, African-American/Black restaurant owners and managers only represent a small piece of the pie. In this episode we explore the statistics around ownership in the food and beverage industry, creating intergenerational wealth, and DMVBRW's upcoming conference that's sure to educate hospitality professionals.
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49min
October 16, 2019 #052: Three Part Harmony
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53min
October 09, 2019 #051: The DC Dietitian
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43min
October 03, 2019 #050: Feeding Comm-UNITY
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41min

FAQs about Edible Activist:

How many episodes does Edible Activist have?

The podcast currently has 189 episodes available.