While visiting Greenville, Mississippi, we asked farmer and food justice elder Mama D (our mother, Ms. Demalda Newsome) to co-produce an episode about the farmers of the Delta. This is the first of multiple episodes about Black Farming Vibes in the Delta, we hope! 

FEATURING:

7:26 - Ms. Demalda Newsome interviews Kevion Devanté Young, CTE Diversified Agriculture instructor (Leland, MS)

23:21 - Owen Taylor interviews Mr. Rufus Newsome, Newsome Community Farms, Greenville, MS

49:20 - Owen and our son Bryan record animal sounds and talk about the surrounding farm fields, Greenville, MS

54:05 - Rufus and Demalda Newsome interview Mr. Elgin Johnson, farmer and wood seller in Greenville, MS

SEED AND PLANT STORIES TOLD IN THIS EPISODE:

Carolina Broadleaf Mustard

Turnip Greens

Collard Greens

Mississippi Purple Hull Peas

Mississippi Silver Hull Crowder Peas

Cow Horn Okra

Speckled Brown Butter Bean

MORE INFO FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Kevion Devanté (Linktree)

ABOUT:

Seeds And Their People is a radio show where we feature seed stories told by the people who truly love them. Hosted by Owen Taylor of Truelove Seeds and Chris Bolden-Newsome of Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram’s Garden.

trueloveseeds.com/blogs/satpradio

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Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram’s Garden

THANKS TO:

• Demalda Newsome for coproducing, cohosting, and interviewing