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Edible Activist

Melissa L. Jones

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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201 episodes

  1. #200: 200 Episodes of Edible Activism 43:28
  2. #199: Franklin Vines: Legacy, Land & the Vine 37:07
  3. #198: Good Ground: Roots & Revolution 42:39
  4. #197: Agritourism: Farming Beyond the Harvest 43:22
  5. #196: Food, Community & One Love 34:31
  6. #195: Cuisine Noir : The Legacy 43:59
  7. #194: Deb Freeman: Giving Edna Lewis Her Flowers 44:24
  8. #193: Get Fresh Daily: Where Food Justice Meets Joy in Philadelphia 50:38
  9. #192: The Lowcountry Table with Amethyst Ganaway 1:04:01
  10. #191: When the Pulpit Meets the Soil: The Church as a Food Hub 57:51
  11. #190: The Community Creates the Market: Brooklyn Supported Agriculture 42:28
  12. #189: Nana Kumi: The Land Remembers 42:07
  13. #188: Growing Resilience in the South with Sade Meeks 43:47
  14. #187: Designing a Just Food Future with Dr. Celeste Davis 46:10
  15. #186: From Lineage to Land: Umi’s Journey of Ancestral Farming 38:10
  16. #185: Nurturing Our Seeds: Detroit Roots, Community Power 45:48
  17. #184: SWAP: Fashioning Environmental Justice with Zsameria Rayford 44:09
  18. #183: SiStained8: From Kitchen Scraps to Living Soil 47:25
  19. #182: Black Cotton and the Power of Legacy with Julius Tillery 45:12
  20. #181: Roots, Recipes & Storytelling with Antoinette Johnson 52:42
  21. #180: From the Kitchen to the Soil with Chef Marly 49:34
  22. #179: Melon Nation 51:30
  23. #178: The Bodega Bites with Ora Kemp 50:08
  24. #177: Intelligent Mischief: Shaping Black Futures 31:03
  25. #176: Demi Unique: Telling Stories Through Style, Flavor and Food 36:28
  26. #175: Regenerating Food & Health at Konterra Life Farms 35:56
  27. #174: Mushrooms, Justice, and the Future of Food with Eight Fold Farms DC 46:12
  28. #173: Bees & Seeds at Châteaux Cocoa 37:29
  29. #172: Fried Chicken & Caviar: Reclaiming Luxury with Chi Walker 43:36
  30. #171: Protecting Food Access: A Policy Update with LaMonika Jones 35:17
  31. #170: Anderson James Farm: A Conversation with The Chicken Mama 37:15
  32. #169: Great Mother Garden Solutions 41:25
  33. #168: The Joy of Black Foodways with Indigo Culinary & Co. 37:43
  34. #167: Black Girl Environmentalist: Building Community in DC 30:39
  35. #166: Marching Forward: Resistance, Rest & Reconnecting with Nature 5:00
  36. #165: Reclamation & Resilience – Taking Nature Black 2025 6:52
  37. #164: Edible Activist Reflecting on 2024 and Looking Ahead 16:30
  38. #163: Farming Truths and Myths: A Live Conversation with Gail 38:39
  39. #162: Ashwagandha’s Power and Revolutionizing Wellness with HSA/FSA 48:17
  40. #161: Food Systems Spotlight: SNAP and Farm Bill 42:24
  41. #160: Growing Futures: Youth, Food, and Community 33:06
  42. #159: Farmer Wes aka The Compost King 50:44
  43. #158: Heirs Property 101: Insights with Urban Planner, Brittney Drakeford 54:00
  44. #157: Seeds of Blackness: A Journey Through St. Croix 36:49
  45. #156: Empowering LA: Prosperity Market Transforming Food Access 57:07
  46. #155: The Roots of OlaLekan: Farmer Tolu’s Story 47:55
  47. #154: Sowing Seeds with Farmer Monica Newman 57:22
  48. #153: Homegrown Delights with Plots & Pans 1:08:54
  49. #152: Advocating for DC's Food & Health Future 1:08:45
  50. #151: Exclusive Live Podcast: HOMEGROWN with Byrd's Nest Box 48:09