#050: Feeding Comm-UNITY
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Edible Activist Podcast
enOctober 03, 2019
Edible Activist Podcast
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, healing communities, and advocating for food justice and economic power across the globe. Hosted by Melissa L. Jones, she interviews a diverse group of everyday growers, farmers, entrepreneurs, artists, and other extraordinary individuals, who exemplify activism in their own edible way!
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Episodes (150)
#049: Edible Activist Turns One!
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Edible Activist Podcast
enSeptember 18, 2019
#048: FishScale
FishScale restaurant owner, Chef Brandon Williams, wants future generations to enjoy the "fruits of the sea." Oceans plagued by environmental waste and overfishing cause harm to our eco-system that many consumers don't feel the affects of. In this episode, Chef Brandon breaks down wild caught vs. farm-raised fish, how his mom influenced his mouth-watering fish burger concept, and the stereotypes he faces as a black restaurant owner who is source-conscious. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.
Edible Activist Podcast
enSeptember 11, 2019
#047: Trap Garden
Rob "Veggies" Horton wanted more gardens in the hoods of Nashville, TN and not trap houses where profits for drugs take place and other illegal activities. There were no grocery stores for neighbors to get real food, a scene that reminded him of his hometown in St. Louis, Missouri. Taking matters into his own hands, literally, with a shovel, dirt, and a few good volunteers, he established Trap Garden. Rob's organization is a non-profit social enterprise that provides a sustainable source of healthy, high quality foods and offers innovative solutions to the physical, financial, and educational shortcomings in food insecure communities. His incredible tribe of volunteers are the wheels that keep this mission in motion to provide fresh food to low-income neighbors. Tune in as we unpack the beginnings of Trap Garden!
Edible Activist Podcast
enAugust 21, 2019
#046: The Farming Mama
Mothering and farming is not easy, yet Violet King manages to make it happen. As a mom to three kids, she is tearing down any misconceptions about being able to conquer both. Violet learned a while back that black folks need to be more self-sufficient and began growing her own food. There was even a period during her pregnancy that she feared not being able to feed her daughter and drew concern about her health. In this episode, we talk about Violet raising farm babies, why we need more people of color in food policy, and how agriculture helped her to understand her ancestry, especially as an adopted child into a white family.
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Edible Activist Podcast
enAugust 14, 2019
#045: AnuGreenExperience
Chef Anu Green is very familiar with the flavors of the land and living off of it. Though growing up in Brooklyn, she spent a lot of her youth travelling to different islands in the Caribbean, thanks to her stepfather in Jamaica where she lived for one year while imbibing on the agriculture landscape. As a food therapist, Chef Green heals people through medicinal herbs and sound therapy, releasing the trauma that has been done to their internal systems. Tune in as she debunks myths behind disease being hereditary and why real food matters for our health.
Edible Activist Podcast
enAugust 07, 2019
#044: Give Me A Beet
After a month of holding it down as the host of the Edible Activist podcast, Chris Riddick of Afro Beets leans in on some of the biggest take-a-ways from his time on the show. Tune in as he passionately shares some gems on how to channel your inner edible activism and his urge for every person of color in the food and agricultural space to keep letting their light shine. Chris is forever family here at the Edible Activist podcast. And no worries, he'll be back in the near future dropping more "beets" for us!
Edible Activist Podcast
enJuly 31, 2019
#043: The Plant Daddy
Harley White aka @theeplantdaddy is a indoor plant mastermind who started his journey building natural enclosures for various amphibians and reptiles when he was a child. In today's episode we dig deep into how his love for plants helped him through both health issues and alcohol addiction. Tune in to find out how growth mindset and synergy with the earth around you can create a paradise of your own design.
Edible Activist Podcast
enJuly 24, 2019
#042: Men of the Land
Farming Ninjas LeVan Anderson and Jeremy Carry are back to talk on why growing your own food is cool and necessary, especially for men of color. Using their years of experience in the entertainment industry and taste for the culture we break down what it's going to take to create a more sustainable community. We already have the hustlers mentality, so why can't we disrupt the urban farming industry for our good? Anything's possible when we create our own narratives that connect us back to the land.
Edible Activist Podcast
enJuly 17, 2019
#041: Dine Diaspora
Entrepreneurs Nana, Maame, and Nina are the force behind Dine Diaspora, an agency based in Washington, DC that amplifies the influence of African food culture around the world. As Ghanians, these women embrace their origins and have positioned themselves to create the linkages between those of the diaspora to African food cuisine. In this episode, Nana, Maame, and Nina share a bit of their Ghanian roots and what it was like coming to the states as a youth, their urge to launch Dine Diaspora to create authentic experiences that reflect African food culture, and uncover some of the things that decedents of Africa have gotten away from.
Edible Activist Podcast
enJuly 15, 2019
#040: Green Things Work
Starting a business isn't easy, even if this episodes guest makes it look that way. What started off as a classroom assignment during her undergrad time at FAMU, blossomed into a thriving holistic plant-based food brand here in DC. Kendra Hazel of Green Things Work focuses on creating colorful and nutrient-dense foods at various pop-ups and catering events across the city. It's not uncommon to see Kendra collaborating with edible activist alumni such as Chef Lauren Van Der Pool and the City Blossoms organization. Keep your eyes and ears on this one, she's making a splash here in the DC food space. This won't be the last time you hear of Kendra Hazel.
Edible Activist Podcast
enJuly 10, 2019
#039: Vegan Feast by V
Chef Veronica Velasquez has gone from cooking corn tortillas in her mother's kitchen, to presenting award-winning oyster mushroom street tacos. She creates Latinx inspired dishes that remind people pursuing a vegan lifestyle doesn't mean giving up the culture
you grew up with. When a dog adorably named "Hot Sauce" shifted Chef V's perspective on where our food comes from, her food became her activism. Now she creates plant-based masterpieces in pop-ups around the DC area, while never forgetting her Salvadorian roots.
Edible Activist Podcast
enJuly 03, 2019
#038: Radical Self-Love
Kimora Brock is a triple threat of healing, entrepreneurship and edible activism. But, what happens when a pre-med graduate gives up the corporate world to pursue a life of natural medicine and passion? From living in her car in California to growing her own raw/organic snack food business, Malibu Trail Mix, Kimora has beaten the odds. Now she teaches others to live a more electric and sustainable life, so that they too can achieve radical self-love.
Edible Activist Podcast
enJune 26, 2019
#037: Growing with Dad
Growing with dad is something we don't see too often, in the since of being out in the garden, but Ronnie Webb of The Green Scheme has made it a priority to engage his beloved son, Josh , into every aspect of his work. Ronnie founded this organization that works with D.C. youth to teach them basic gardening skills and the value of healthy food. And you can find his son by his side ready to put in the work, even calling himself the Junior Boss. In this special episode, that pays tribute to this past Father's Day, Melissa sits down with Ronnie and his son to discuss the fun in gardening together, how this space has impacted his son, and how he is building good soil so that Josh has strong principles (planted by dad) to fall on.
Edible Activist Podcast
enJune 20, 2019
#036: Farming with Fred
Frederick James is a southerner from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, born into a family with a deep knowledge of farming. His family taught him just about everything he knows, patience being the biggest lesson, and has been able to apply these farming techniques here in the DC area and beyond. In this episode, Fred shares a bit of his family history on the land, his perspective on emotional and metal healing as it relates to healthy food, and some of the crop challenges his faces out in the field.
Edible Activist Podcast
enJune 19, 2019
#035: The Hipster Garden Grower
This brilliant hipster philanthropist and garden grower, Brittney Drakeford, is a green thumb enthusiast, and a senior planner by profession. She is a sixth-generation native of Prince George's County and grew up in a household where embracing her black history was imperative. As a Robert Wood Foundation Culture of Health Leader, Brittney has always taking the initiative in creating and designing equitable spaces in the area of health and culture. Listen in as she shares her family lineage, her role at Cottage City Community Gardens, and how she makes her connections to the land through art and black history.
Edible Activist Podcast
enJune 12, 2019
#034: New Brooklyn Farms
New Brooklyn Farms is a green haven located in the suburbs of Mt. Rainer, Maryland. Doug Adams, owner and founder, is the visionary behind this concept, and it holds a special place in his heart because he grew up in the home right next to it. He is a health and agriculture enthusiast at heart, having experienced a short stint in the juicing business, he always knew the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and local food production. In 2016 Doug was able to acquire 1/4 acre plot next to his parents home, and has started to build what he calls a green event space. In this episode, listen to Doug share how he wants folks to re-imagine their land and take a different approach to homesteading, why owning land is important to him, and his perspectives on growing food for B2B.
Edible Activist Podcast
enJune 05, 2019
#033: Land Liberation
Freeing the land and returning to our ancestral ways is a large part of land liberation. During this special episode, powered by Fair Farms Maryland, audience members were part of this live broadcast as host, Melissa L. Jones engaged in conversation with former guest and farmer, Dom Hosack on what land liberation means and how to reclaim what was ours. Listen in as he shares why we must view the earth as part of our own system, the crucial need to care for the land to prevent further climate disaster and be able to grow food, and learn about his work with Earth Bound Building, a member cooperative based in Maryland.
Edible Activist Podcast
enMay 22, 2019
#032: Dffrntwrld
Dffrntwrld, co-founded by DC native Brennan Gerald, is a creative agency that designs solutions to help brands reach their business goals. Their tribe is made up of strategists, healers, designers, alchemists, herbalists, indigenous cultural enthusiasts, and plant-based, ethical, eco-friendly businesses. In this episode, Brennan talks about growing up in a health conscious environment, why he chooses to focus solely on helping healthy and sustainable brands through his consultancy, and his take on the future of food and agriculture.
Edible Activist Podcast
enMay 15, 2019
#031: A Mother's Food Journey
In honor of Mother's Day, Edible Activist Podcast host Melissa L. Jones interviews her mother about her food journey. Malinda is a southerner with deep roots in Butler, Alabama and Jackson, Mississippi. She grew up eating everything on the land, from yard meat to fresh pecans, and is still a country girl at heart. In this episode, mom shares her fondest food memories in the south, growing up as a kid in a rural area, and her bouts with food allergies that forced her to change her diet completely, turning towards a more holistic approach. Tune into: A Mother's Food Journey.
Edible Activist Podcast
enMay 08, 2019