So this episode is the beginning of our Hip Hop Homestead. Shout out to Leah Penniman who dropped the knowledge via one of her Ask a Sista Farmer Fridays ( on Facebook-we highly recommend as a great resource for taking back and honoring land) that the difference between a homestead and a farm, is the scale and a matter of economics. A homestead produces food for the occupants of the residents, a farm produces food as a business entity, of selling food for the general public. So thus the idea for the hip hop homestead began. Just as they do on soul fire farm, they listen to music and reconnect with the land. We do the same, music feeds the soul so be careful about your diet. This episode details the planning and research that is needed to try and plant according to companion planting principles and the natural biodiversity of the plot of land that our ancestors worked hard to acquire and protect.  We are doing the best we can, learning as we grow, -when we know better we do better, but everyone starts somewhere and this is the start of ours. Planting playlists coming soon! 

Bless up and Stay Sharp!

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Links for this episode

http://www.soulfirefarm.org/meet-the-farmers/

https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2019/03/06/urban-garden-african-american-woman-homesteader/

https://www.nps.gov/articles/african-american-homesteaders-in-the-great-plains.htm

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-disappearing-story-of-the-black-homesteaders-who-pioneered-the-west/2018/07/05/ca0b51b6-7f09-11e8-b0ef-fffcabeff946_story.html