🗣️ E136: Queenz Cut Flower Farm 🌼🌸🌷🌹🏵
In this episode we talk with Shanice Fleming, founder of Queenz Cut Flower Farm (@queenzxcutxflowers) based in Troy, NY to discuss her floral business. She details her ten-year experience working as a chef, talks about resources needed to scale her business, and educates us on the flower business. Subscribe to our channel and tune in! You can also listen to this episode (and others) on iTunes and Spotify.
https://youtu.be/OJfl-aw_HDw
#flowerbusiness #blackwomeninbusiness #troynewyork
🗣️ E135: Corner Water 💧💧💧
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"RAPPER WATER" 🤣
In this episode we catch up with Ronnie Webb, Founder of The Green Scheme (@thegreenscheme), on his team's latest project: Corner Water! They are on a mission to provide premium natural alkaline water to communities who don’t have equitable access and help youth learn the core pillars to social entrepreneurship. Tune into this episode and take a sip with us! Subscribe and tune in!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7znAgHzBYSY&t=1548s
#waterislife💧 #healthydc #alkalinewaterforhealth
🗣️ E134: Foraging While Black & Agroforestry 🌱
"Wild things baby." 🤸🏾♀️
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Foraging while black, wild energy and agroforestry? You will hear it all here as Prince George's County native and naturalist-at-heart, Ruth Tyson (@planetjumping), details her foraging experience in this episode and how she began the journey. Ruth also educates listeners on agroforestry and the various types, in addition to sharing some of the research she has been conducting with farmers of color in hopes to expand more opportunities in this space. Subscribe to our channel, tune in, like and share:)
https://youtu.be/GKZV4r89w1Q
#nutritionisimportant #ancestralfoods #healingjourney
🗣️ E133: Nutrition, Growing Food & Healing🌱
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Rey Vanderpool is a registered dietitian nutritionist and owner of Insight Nutrition (@insightnutrition.rey) where they use an Integrative and Functional Nutrition (IFN) approach to nutrition counseling and therapy. In this episode, Rey kicks off the show sharing their health story that led to a field of study in nutrition. We also talk about ancestral foods, healing through farming, and Rey drops a few edible acts for our listeners. Be sure to subscribe to our channel and tune in!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PV0DtQicLg&t=2s
#nutritionisimportant #ancestralfoods #healingjourney
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🗣️ E132: Building A Dreamy Detroit Garden Community 🌱
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A dreamy garden in Detroit? Ask Marilyn who is the creator of Griffin Gardens - a three-lot garden oasis that started as a blank slate and gift from her dad. In the last year, Marilyn has cultivated a beautiful green space filled with florals, pollinators, vegetables, and most importantly, community. In this amazing and fun episode, Marilyn talks about how she expanded her garden with the help of key Detroit partners, detailing the challenges she faced in acquiring two additional lots. We also chat about amazing experiences that have taken place at Griffin Gardens and what continues to be her why. Be sure to subscribe to our channel and tune in!
https://youtu.be/aVfIA2ZhQ58
#detroit #bigcity #blackwomengarden
E131: NYC Activist Transforming How Cities Buy Food🌱
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Cities can transform how we improve our food system and Ribka Getachew, Director of the NY Good Food Purchasing Program (GFPP) Campaign, joined our show to share just how! Ribka is a long-time organizer and food justice advocate who has been leading this campaign in New York City that serves as a game-changer for the procurement process within local government. The activist talks us through the campaign and how it would address longstanding systemic issues while centering values that support the local food economy, an ethical food buying process, and small farmers of color. Subscribe to our channel and tune in!
#cities #newyorkcity #goodfood #procurement #new #blackwomenactivists
Subscribe to our YouTube Channel and Tune In! https://youtu.be/EwzOhqzK3dY
E130: Changing Lives: Gardening & Beats🌱👨🏾🌾
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Gardening & Beats Founder, Kimani Anku, shares the origins of his gardening journey and how being in the green space saved his life, from health to mental challenges. Like many other black folks in this space, and unbeknownst to him for a while, his family farmed and gardened (acknowledging his grandmother who lived to be 116 years of age in the above clip). The Webby Awards recipient is championing food activism work in his Prince George's County community, and globally, by working with families, individuals and youth to start their own garden so they can feel empowered to take control of their health and have access to healthy food. Tune in: https://youtu.be/0lRZFj-MiZk
How many of us can relate to Falani's story? Many of our parents got away from farming, moving up North to obtain "better jobs." This left a generation gap in farming - our folks didn't want to be on the land, enduring intense labor. However, there has been a shift back to the land, thru small vegetable gardening and folks seeking to connect back to what they once knew. ✊🏾
Check out E. 127: Good Greens & Southern Brunch with Falani of @byrdsnestbox. 🔗: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lRZFj-MiZk 🌱 This conversation was a treat!
"Growing vegetables is the easiest part of my job." ~ Gail Taylor, Three Part Harmony Farm
🗣️ E129: Black-owned Farm Operation Launches Hands-on Training Cohort in DC🌱👩🏾🌾👨🏾🌾
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The business of agriculture is hard, but growing veggies is the easy part says The People's Farmer, Gail Taylor of @3phfarm who shares details about their inaugural farmer trainee program in this episode. Barriers to farming for black people have existed for decades and Three Part Harmony is taking action by offering an opportunity to learn vegetable production in Washington, DC with priority given to black applicants. This is only part of the solution! Tell a friend, farmer enthusiast, or someone you know who has a desire to farm, interested in learning the business of agriculture, and wants grow food for community. Applications are due August 12th. 🔗 https://youtu.be/czWPXwrVUsA
Hey Edible Activists 👋🏾 Want to learn how to become a vegetable farmer in the city? The People's Farmer, Gail Taylor of @3phfarm will join us tonight to share details about their Farmer Trainee Program during our live YouTube at 7:30 PM, EST 👩🏾🌾 👨🏾🌾🌱 Details about this amazing opportunity will be discussed. Priority is given to black applicants, so tell a friend, farmer enthusiast, or someone you know wanting to experience farming in DC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czWPXwrVUsA
E128: 3 Ways To Survive The Summer Heat While Gardening
Another 🥵🥵 week in the DC area so we had the incredible Dominique of @plotsandpans join us to share some tips on how to protect yourself while gardening in the heat. Dominique hit on these main points:
🌱 Wear your sunscreen!
🌱 Start as early as you can and wear protective clothing
🌱 Hydrate, hydrate and hydrate
BONUS: Catch a clip of Dominique on the Today's show with Hoda and what that experience was like🙌🏾
Tap 🔗 https://linktr.ee/foodtalksncolor for full episode.
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Next live episode: Monday, August 8th @ 7:30 PM, EST
E127: Good Greens & Southern Brunch w/ Byrd's Nest Box 🎙️
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The incredible Falani, a Washingtonian with roots planted in the Carolinas, and the founder of @byrdsnestbox served in this episode 🤸🏾♀️🌱 Having spent summers in North Carolina homesteading with family, Falani inherited memories with her grandparents and cousins that now make up a big part of her agricultural experience. In this episode, Falani shares how Byrd's Best Box got started (listen to clip) then she activates our tastebuds with the details of her Southern-inspired brunch and also talks about her project: Seed Saturday's Culture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23Pxx9BpX58
Sunday's Podcast Pop-up Service 🙌🏾
E126: Black DC Florist Installs Reparations Garden Near The White House
Edible Activist Podcast🎙️
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🌱 @blkflwrmrkt founder, Kehmari Norman (and Eucalyptus Queen) was tapped by an NYC-based ad agency in concert with the Humans Right Watch to design an installation for Juneteenth to bring awareness to the H.R. 40 Bill that would establish a commission to study reparations. Kehmari and fellow activists pulled up at the Ellipse near the White House and curated a beautiful floral installation that reflected the Pan-African Flag. In this episode we talk:
🌹 the H.R. 40 Bill and different forms of reparations
🌹 the all-black team of Washingtonians that Kehmari pulled together to install the design
🌹the beautiful florals that @blkflwrmrkt
🌹 Black Flower Market's Concrete Rose Initiative
Subscribe to YouTube (@foodtalksncolor) to watch replay. 📺
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Bn2ZCviLQ&t=1101s
#reparations #hr40 #washingtonians #chocolatecity #blackliberation #blackflorist
