black farming

Xavier's Top Recommended Reads for Black Food Organizers and Advocates:

1. Black Rice by Judith A. Carney
    
2. Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
    
3. In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa's Botanical Legacy in the Atlantic World by Judith A. Carney & Richard Nicholas Rosomoff
    
4. Healing Wisdom of Africa by Malinda Patrice Some
    
5. Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic and the Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman by Malinda Patrice Some
    
6. Ella Baker & the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision by Barbara Ransby
    
7. Land Justice: Re-imaging Land, Food, and the Commons in the United States
    
8. Land & Power: Sustainable Agriculture and African Americans, by Various Authors & Editors
    
9. Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice
    
10. Freedom Farmers: Agriculture Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement by Dr. Monica M. White
     
11. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
     
12. The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by bell hooks
     
13. As in the Heart, So in the Earth : Reversing the Desertification of the Soul and the Soil by Pierre Rabhi

In this episode, Phyllis and LaTricia have a conversation with Dr. Shaunte Brewer.  They talk about farming and gardening in the black community and the benefits of eating fresh fruits and vegetables.  Dr. Shaunte also drops some gems on how all of us can grow something.