In light of recent events, we begin this episode by sharing some thoughts on racism in America.
In this 20th episode of Let's Get Local Tallahassee, we talk about Local Food and then we wrap up Season 1 of this podcast with an exciting announcement and also hints of what to expect when we return in the fall.
Local Food - resources discussed:
Farmers Markets:
Lake Ella Growers Market: Wednesday’s: 3pm – Dusk
Frenchtown Heritage Market: Saturday’s 9am – 2pm; 534 MLK Blvd
Tallahassee Farmers Market: Saturdays 8am – Noon; corner of Thomasville Road and Kerry Forest Parkway in the yard of the Cornerstone Presbyterian Church
Red Hills Small Farm Alliance is a local nonprofit that helps support the small farms in our area.
Red Hills Online Market sells products from over 80 producers of fruit, vegetables, meats, cheeses, honey, milk, and eggs.. all within 100 miles of Tallahassee.
Buying directly from farms - we have so many options for this. Many provide online shopping and no-contact pick-up. Visit https://www.rhomarket.com/Producers for a huge list of local producers with links to their websites.
Orchard Pond Organics
Il Lusso
Backwoods Crossing
Oyster Mom
Berry picking - various places
Tallahassee Shop Local Facebook page
Red Eye Coffee
Supersize Me 2 - movie about Big Chicken industry
Racism in America - resources discussed:
Link to list of Black Owned Restaurants (Facebook link)
Link to list of Black Owned Restaurants (spreadsheet link)
I Racist - by John Metta
75 things white people can do for racial justice - by Corinne Shutack
Village Square's Book Club on Race
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4amCfVbA_c
Racism in America - thoughts from Vanessa
Spoken at the beginning of this episode:
"Hey yall, it’s Vanessa from Let’s Get Local Tallahassee. Before we start this episode on Local Food, I want to take just a couple minutes to share some thoughts about what’s happening in our country following the death of George Floyd. If you’re a regular listener, you may have realized this episode is a little late. It was supposed to come out on Tuesday, June 2 – but now it’s Thursday the 4th. Honestly, I’ve been frozen about what to say but I also didn’t want to publish an episode and ignore all this. Every time I think of something to say, I later question my message and my word choices. So I’ve decided to just share where I am on my journey of seeing the deep rooted systemic racism that exists in our country and my role in upholding that.
For a very long time now – probably 20 years – this has been the issue that speaks to me the most. Yet, I wasn’t really active in changing it. I thought I was active at times by speaking my mind to people with different viewpoints and by seeking diversity in my life. But it was about 5 years ago that I read an article called “I Racist” by John Metta and this was the first time I started considering how my non-action and my choices help to keep systemic racism in place. To be honest, the article really stung when I first read it… but over these 5 years (and particularly the few months following the article), I started seeing what the author was talking about. I’d notice something in the world and tears would fill my eyes… at ...
