Podcast appearances and mentions of Leah Penniman

Out of the soil of rural Louisiana, a new model for food, farming, and restorative economics.A commentary by Laura Flanders related to the LFShow 2023 Special Report:  The Jubilee Justice Black Farmers' Rice Project spotlighting pioneering regenerative farming practices in the U.S. as a means to address systemic racism. Watch or listen to The Laura Flanders Show special report and, meet the Black farmers and community members at the heart of this story.Watch :: the Special Report:  The Jubilee Justice Black Farmers Rice Project, Tackling Racism with RiceListen :: audio podcast edition of the Special Report:  The Jubilee Justice Black Farmers Rice Project, Tackling Racism with Rice Read :: "The Jubilee Justice Black Farmers Rice Project" by Laura Flanders, The NationThe Laura Flanders Show is made possible by our listeners and viewers. Please become a sustaining member or make a one time donation at LauraFlanders.org/donateLaura Flanders and Friends airs weekly on public TV, YouTube, community radio, and available as an audio podcast.  In addition to the episode podcast, subscribers receive uncut conversations and other bonus content.  Is your favorite community radio station airing the program?  Search our radio listings for your local station, and see what day and time the show airs  If they are not, please let them know to add the show.  More details are  at LauraFlanders.org.Additional Resources:- “Courage to Hope: How I Stood Up to the Politics of Fear” by Shirley Sherrod with Catherine Whitney, * available on Bookshop.org- “Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land” by Leah Penniman, * available on Bookshop.org(*Bookshop is an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. The LF Show is an affiliate of bookshop.org and will receive a small commission if you click through and make a purchase.) Additional links and resources are posted and available for free on Patreon  Laura Flanders and Friends Crew: Laura Flanders, along with Sabrina Artel, Jeremiah Cothren, Veronica Delgado, Janet Hernandez, Jeannie Hopper, Sarah Miller, Nat Needham, David Neuman, and Rory O'Conner. FOLLOW Laura Flanders and FriendsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauraflandersandfriends/Blueky: https://bsky.app/profile/lfandfriends.bsky.socialFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/LauraFlandersAndFriends/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lauraflandersandfriendsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFLRxVeYcB1H7DbuYZQG-lgLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lauraflandersandfriendsPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/lauraflandersandfriendsACCESSIBILITY - The broadcast edition of this episode is available with closed captioned by clicking here for our YouTube Channel

SOIL: Common Ground is a three-part podcast series produced by Somerset House exploring what soil can teach us about being human, through the lens of art. Much of the history of human making springs from the soil. Cuneiform, the earliest form of writing, was engraved into clay; paint pigments come from minerals in the soil; and much of our material history is held in ceramics. But soil is not neutral; it is deeply entangled with politics of ownership embedded in the land. In this episode Shenece Oretha probes the ways the soil and clay are inspiring artists today, looking at the stories soil can tell about our past and our potential future. Ceramicist and writer Jennifer Lucy Allan reflects on the ways clay connects us to the earliest forms of making. Artists Annalee Davis and Lauren Gault look at the ways soil bears witness to our histories, from the trauma of the plantation to the deep time of paleontology. We create art from soil, but through our extraction and interaction, it is also changed. How can we heal our relationship with the soil and in so doing, transform our relationship with the planet? Farmer and food justice advocate Leah Penniman unpacks how indigenous practices of soil care can reverse some of the most egregious effects of climate change. The series launches off from the Somerset House exhibition SOIL: The World at Our Feet. Presented by Shenece Oretha Produced by Jo Barratt and Alannah Chance Exec produced by Alannah Chance and Eleanor Ritter-Scott. The series is mixed by Mike Woolley Original music by Andrew Pekler. This series is part of the Somerset House Podcast.

Food Tank, in partnership with Nespresso, recently hosted the “All Things Food and Environment” Summit, held during Sundance 2025. This episode of Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg features two conversations from the event highlighting the inspiring stories of food systems transformation that can be told through film. First, Chef Pierre Thiam, an author and the Founder of Yolélé, and Anne Marie Hagerty, the Host and Founder of The Envoy Show, sit down with Dani to discuss the forthcoming episode of a new docuseries focused on the power of fonio. They talk about the importance of scaling production of traditional crops for farmers and the planet, why this grain is a Trojan horse, and culinary diplomacy. Then, Lynn Waymer, a social impact producer with Kontent Films, talks to Dani about the new documentary “Farming While Black.” They dive into the trust that is foundational to telling an effective story, the Black farmers including Leah Penniman and Karen Washington behind the  movement for more regenerative and equitable agriculture systems, and how the documentary is being used as an educational tool. While you're listening, subscribe, rate, and review the show; it would mean the world to us to have your feedback. You can listen to “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg” wherever you consume your podcasts.

Leah Penniman, in an interview for Sonali Kolhatkar's new book, Talking About Abolition, asks us to imagine restoring people's deep connections to land and growing our own food.

In this interview Leah Penniman tells us why and how she started Soul Fire Farm, along with what she would do differently for those starting out or starting over. She discusses her most recent book, Black Earth Wisdom, and the recent adaptation of her first book, Farming While Black, into a documentary movie of the same title. She discusses how, in 1910, about 14% of farms in the United States were Black-owned, compared with about 2% today, and how her books are an effort to help Black farmers reconnect with their agricultural heritage and reclaim it from racism, discrimination and dispossession.In the conversation with host April Parms Jones, they explore land access, soil health, seed keeping, and the cultural connections to farming, emphasizing the importance of community and resilience in the face of challenges. Leah's insights provide an understanding of the historical and spiritual ties that Black communities have with the land, and the ongoing efforts to reclaim and nurture these connections through sustainable practices. Connect With Guest:Website: www.soulfirefarm.orgInstagram: @leahpenniman@soulfirefarm Podcast Sponsors:Huge thanks to our podcast sponsors as they make this podcast FREE to everyone with their generous support:BCS two-wheel tractors are designed and built in Italy where small-scale farming has been a way of life for generations. Discover the beauty of BCS on your farm with PTO-driven implements for soil-working, shredding cover crops, spreading compost, mowing under fences, clearing snow, and more – all powered by a single, gear-driven machine that's tailored to the size and scale of your operation. To learn more, view sale pricing, or locate your nearest dealer, visit BCS America. There are a lot of farm sales platforms out there, but there's only one that's cooperatively owned by farmers. That's GrownBy — your all-in-one solution to simplify farm sales. From start-up market farms to complex and scaled-up CSAs, GrownBy makes online farm sales easy and affordable; setting up your shop is free, and you only pay when you sell. Join over 900 farms who have already signed up for GrownBy, and you're eligible to join the co-op and become a member-owner after your first sale. Visit grownby.com to get started. Tilth Soil makes living soils for organic growers. The base for all our mixes is NOP-compliant compost, made from the 4,000 tons of food scraps we divert from landfills each year. And the results speak for themselves. Get excellent germination, strong transplants, and help us turn these resources back into food. Try a free bag, and check our 2025 seed starter pre-sale for the best prices of the season at tilthsoil.com/gfm. Farmhand is the only ready-to-ride assistant made by and for farmers. Through a simple text or email to Farmhand, you can offload admin tasks, automate your CSA, update your website, and sell more to your customers. Learn more and take one of our many time-saving tasks for a test drive to see firsthand how Farmhand can help you earn more, and work less at farmhand.partners/gfm. Bootstrap Farmer offers a complete range of growing supplies including heat mats, ground cover, frost blankets, silage tarps, irrigation, and trellising. They also make all-metal, all-inclusive greenhouse kits, constructed of steel made in the USA and fabricated in Texas. Their heavy-duty, Midwest-made propagation and microgreens trays will last for years and are available in a full spectrum of colors. For all that plus experienced support for everything they sell, check out Bootstrap Farmer at bootstrapfarmer.com.  Subscribe To Our Magazine -all new subscriptions include a FREE 28-Day Trial

The plight of Black farmers in America has a dark history. The trauma of stolen lands and exploited labor may explain why there are now relatively few Black and Indigenous people in farming, agriculture, or even within environmental activism.  Leah Penniman is one farmer fighting to change that. Penniman explains that there’s a rising generation of Black and brown farmers reexamining their relationship to the land and reclaiming the farming and agricultural practices once held by their ancestors.   Penniman, who is the co-founder of Soul Fire Farm, says that “Black farmers had already declined from 14% of the nation's farmers in the early 1900s to just about 1% today.”  As a result of racism and discrimination Penniman says, “millions of acres of land were lost out of the Black community, and with that so much intergenerational wealth and knowledge.”  Penniman says her mission with Soul Fire Farms was to help end racism and injustice in the food system and explore and embrace of her own ancestral heritage to the land and agriculture; “nature as a source of spiritual connection permeates African diasporic thinking and very much informs the way we [operate] at Soul Fire, but also [how] the broader rising generation are conceptualizing our relationship to the land.”   “The food system pertains to all of us. All of us eat, so all of us are connected. All of us are complicit, but also all of us have these immense opportunities to contribute to change as consumers in the food system.” For over 20 years the Reverend Lennox Yearwood has also been fighting for racial and environmental justice. Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, Rev. Yearwood has always had a strong affinity for music; “all music, particularly hip-hop and jazz. R&B, the Blues… for me, music was really more a pathway to the soul, just a way to escape. Music is so uplifting, it's so encouraging, it's just so beautiful — particularly with instruments and singing.”   Rev. Yearwood is President and CEO of the Hip Hop Caucus — a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization which began in 2004 and leverages hip-hop culture to encourage young people to vote and participate in the democratic process. Rev. Yearwood’s passion for music ties into his environmental activism and his work on human rights issues in the Gulf Coast region after Hurricane Katrina.  “Hip-hop’s roots are based in people who have been put in sometimes very difficult situations. They're using their cultural expression to shape their political experience. They’re talking about what they're going through, and they're trying to use music and culture to explain and sometimes bring light to situations.”   “Chuck D said that [hip-hop] ‘became the CNN for those communities.’ And so … listening to that, hearing that music, and hearing the power behind it definitely drew me into wanting to be a part of it.”  More: Chuck D on creating ‘naphic grovels,’ embracing mistakes (Press Play, 2023) Rev. Yearwood is actively involved in seeking environmental justice.  He continually highlights racial disparities and heightens awareness of the social and economic issues that negatively impact Black people.  The Hip Hop Caucus’ short film Underwater Projects sheds light on the coastal urban flooding happening in Norfolk, Virginia — including its effects on a historically Black public housing community.   Eternally hopeful and with a strong sense of faith, Rev. Yearwood is optimistic that things can be done to make life better: “When we come together, we do well. That's my prayer, that's what keeps me excited, motivated, and lets me know that at some point in time… That the power of humanity is just an amazing, beautiful thing.”  Delve deeper into life, philosophy, and what makes us human by joining the Life Examined discussion group on Facebook.

The Farm Report: Live!In collaboration with HRN and the National Young Farmers Coalition, Following a screening of the documentary "Common Ground" Leigh Ollman moderates a spirited conversation about the future of farming with guests Michelle A.T Hughes, Chirs Nickell and Leah Penniman. Chris Nickell (Finca Seremos)- Chris Nickell (they/them) is a community organizer and land steward. With previous work experience in academia, labor organizing, and state government, Chris turned to agriculture in 2022. They farmed vegetables and offered public programming at Stone Barns Center in 2022 and served as crew leader at Cropsey Community Farm in 2023. This year they founded Finca Seremos in Beacon, NY with their spouse, Brenda González. Seremos is a food justice project to grow fresh, organic, nutrient-dense produce for Chris and Brenda's community in Northern Manhattan and the Bronx as well as their new community in the mid-Hudson Valley.Leah Penniman (Soul Fire Farm)- Leah Penniman (all pronouns)  is a Black Kreyol farmer, mother, soil nerd, author, and food justice activist from Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, NY. She co-founded Soul Fire Farm in 2010 with the mission to end racism in the food system and reclaim our ancestral connection to land. As Co-ED and Farm Director, Leah is part of a team that facilitates powerful food sovereignty programs – including farmer training for Black & Brown people, a subsidized farm food distribution program for communities living under food apartheid, and domestic and international organizing toward equity in the food system.Michelle A.T. Hughes (Young Farmers) - Michelle (she/her) is a former hog farmer from New Haven, Connecticut, with a background in agriculture policy. Before serving as Co-Executive Director, Michelle has served in a number of roles at the Coalition beginning as a Farm Bill Organizer in the summer of 2017. From there, Michelle served on the federal policy team as Federal Policy Associate after the passing of the 2018 Farm Bill. Working on federal farm policy reinforced Michelle's desire for equitable change for young farmers and inspired her to design a framework for the organization's racial equity transformation.SUPPORT A BRIGHTERFUTURE FOR U.S.AGRICULTURE.Help our coalition tackle the obstacles preventing talented, passionate young farmers and ranchers from building successful careers in agriculture.   

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, Mark Dunlea explores options for phasing out harmful fossil-fuel power plants, in his interview with Megan Carr of the New York Lawyers for Public Interest's Environmental Justice Program. Then, Andrea Cunliffe talks with John Sniezyk of the League of Women Voters about how our votes are counted and protected. After that, retired National Weather Service meteorologist Hugh Johson joins us for our weekly look at climate and his weather forecast. This time he's looking at, looking at comets. Later on, we have an encore presentation from Meg Kelly on the thoughts of Siena College students about climate change and autumnal activities. Our final piece features Leah Penniman, the co-founder of Soul Fire Farm, reflecting on how Black farmers are reconnecting with their roots through land ownership.

"Farming While Black" is a feature-length documentary film which examines the historical plight of Black farmers in the United States and the rising generation reclaiming their rightful ownership to land and reconnecting with their ancestral roots. Leah Penniman, the co-founder of Soul Fire Farm, reflects on this history and the experience of being centered in the film with Aurora Sikelianos for Hudson Mohawk Magazine. "Farming While Black" will be screened at The Sanctuary for Independent Media on October 25, at 7pm with a post-screening panel discussion which will include local Black farmers and gardeners, moderated by Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm. Before the screening, at 5pm, the film's director, Mark Decena, will give a Be The Media! workshop titled "Regenerative Filmmaking– Is it possible?" Learn more: https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/farming-while-black-screening-discussion/

The documentary feature film “Farming While Black” examines the historical plight of Black farmers in the United States and the rising generation of Black farmers reclaiming their rightful ownership to land and reconnecting with their ancestral roots, with Leah Penniman and her Soul Fire Farm cohorts at the center of the story. The film's director is Mark Decena of Kontent Films. He will be coming to The Sanctuary for Independent Media for a Be The Media! workshop ahead of the screening of “Farming While Black” with the focus on “Regenerative Filmmaking– Is it possible?” He spoke with Sina Basila Hickey for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Today, we'll hear the story of Soul Fire Farm and one of its founders, Leah Penniman. A new documentary called "Farming While Black" shows how this farm in Upstate New York is part of a larger movement trying to return land to the stewardship of people of color and restore Afro-indigenous farming practices along the way.

“Indigeneity is ancient, but it's also present and future.” Today, we explore the profound connection between humanity and the natural world. Gillian is joined by Leah Penniman, a dedicated farmer, soil enthusiast, mother, and co-founder of the Afro-Indigenous Centered Community Farm in New York State, known as Soul Fire Farm.Key TakeawaysRevisiting Youthful Idealism:Hear a powerful recording from Leah's high school graduation speech, questioning the motivations behind our life choices and our impact on the planet.Reflections on Personal and Social Identity:Leah discusses her unique experiences as a black woman in science and nature, challenging the notion of being an outlier and emphasising the universal quest for belonging and purpose.Farming as Activism:With over 30 years of farming experience, Leah intertwines social justice with agriculture, detailing her journey from a youth activist to founding Soul Fire Farm, which focuses on food justice and community empowerment.Cultural and Ancestral Influence:Exploring the impact of her parents' activism, Leah highlights the importance of understanding and honouring our roots, both cultural and environmental.Environmental Justice and Systemic Issues:Leah offers a comprehensive analysis of systemic injustices that exacerbate environmental degradation, highlighting the need for a holistic approach to address these intertwined crises.Follow the show:You can follow ‘If I Ruled the World' on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your preferred platform of choice.Connect with Soul Fire Farm:https://www.soulfirefarm.org/Follow GillianInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/gillians_voice/Website: https://www.gillianburkevoice.com/Be sure to subscribe to my newsletter!Mentions & ResourcesLION (Land in Our Names)Lauret SavoyGlobal Grid PotentialSchumacher InstituteIndigenous map of the worldWhat would you do if you ruled the world?If you have any...

This week for the first episode of Everything You Didn't Know About Herbalism, we proudly bring you an impactful and galvanizing conversation with two individuals leading the way toward a future of harmony and equity within our food systems. Leah Penniman, the Co-Founder of Soul Fire Farm, and Lulu Moyo, the Co-Director of the Braiding Seeds Fellowship, join us for a thought-provoking conversation surrounding the injustices and deep-rooted racism we continue to face within our food systems today, and their combined missions to facilitate powerful food sovereignty programs and hands-on farming opportunities to train the next generation of activist-farmers and strengthen the movement for food sovereignty and community self-determination. As always, we thank you for joining us on this new type of botanical adventure and are honored to have you tag along with us on this ride. Remember, we want to hear from you! Your questions, ideas, and who you want to hear from will be invaluable to this new series. So please, email us at podcast@mountainroseherbs.com or give us a call at 800-879-3337 to let us know what solutions you'd like us to uncover next within the vast world of herbalism. About Leah & Lulu:

On Friday, May 3, Third Act and Rivers and Mountains Green Faith, along with several dozen climate and faith groups, held a Stop Funding Climate Chaos march in downtown Albany to target banks that continue to provide tens of billions of dollars in financing to enable fossil fuel companies to expand their operations. We hear from Michael Richardson of Third Act and Green Faith; march leader John Seakwood; Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm; Greg Giorgio of the International Workers of the World; and, Pete Looker. Rally Emcee John Seakwood outlines the fossil fuel financing of Chase Bank. This has been Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

This hour, we are taking a look at how race has impacted agriculture and the environmental movement. Leah Penniman, Co-Executive Director and Farm Director at Soul Fire Farm, talks about her book Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists. The discussion touches on everything from Leah's childhood to how the creation of some of the most prominent national parks in the U.S. is linked to the eugenics movement. And Dr. Dorceta Taylor, a professor at the Yale School of the Environment, explains what environmental justice is, and why we need to think about marginalized communities when we think about the environment. For more information on Soul Fire Farm, you can visit their website. You can read Dorceta Taylor's research on disparities in environmental grantmaking through ResearchGate. GUESTS: Leah Penniman: Co-Executive Director and Farm Director at Soul Fire Farm, author of Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists. Dorceta Taylor: Professor and Senior Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Yale School of the Environment. She was interviewed for Leah Penniman's book Black Earth Wisdom and is author of multiple books herself, including The Rise of the American Conservation Movement:  Power, Privilege, and Environmental Protection. This episode originally aired on April 26, 2023.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the release of Beyoncé's new album, Cowboy Carter, the long and often-ignored history of Black country music is back in the spotlight. This hour, we talk to a woman who has made a career in country music, even though the industry hasn't always been welcoming. Alice Randall is a chart-topping country songwriter and author of the new book 'My Black Country A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future.' She'll explain how she co-wrote the lyrics to a number one country song and tell us about the Black musicians who have shaped the genre from the very beginning. GUEST: Alice Randall: Chart-topping songwriter whose hits include “XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl),” which was first recorded by Trisha Yearwood. She is a bestselling novelist and Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies and Writer-in-Residence at Vanderbilt University. Her newest book is a memoir titled 'My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future.' A new album called 'My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall' features her music recorded by Black women. You can learn more about the interview with Leah Penniman that was mentioned in this episode on our website. Special thanks to our interns Scout Raimondo and Sajina Shrestha.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What does it mean to farm regeneratively? Or to farm conventionally, for that matter? Is regenerative agriculture size-dependent? What are its benefits and how does it work? Today's Reversing Climate Change podcast episode has Jada Dormaier, Supply Account Manager at the Nori carbon removal marketplace, join Nori Cofounder and Director of Creative & Marketing, Ross Kenyon, to discuss regenerative ag. Like our recent show reintroducing carbon removal generally, we thought it was a good idea to go back to basics on regenerative agriculture. We've put out lots of shows on the topic, but sometimes you need to redo the 101 and catch those newer to the topic up to speed. In this show, Jada talks about growing up on a farm, working in farm insurance, and then at Nori for the last several years. She has a huge amount of experience with farmers working to change their practices and just make sure their businesses stay afloat. There are plenty of misconceptions about food, farming, rural communities, and agriculture, and Jada shares her experience of what to keep in mind on the topic. Connect with Nori ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Purchase Nori Carbon Removals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nori's website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nori on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our other podcast, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Carbon Removal Newsroom⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Carbon Removal Memes on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Carbon Removal Memes on Instagram Resources 312: Nori's collab with the Texas Climate-Smart Initiative—w/ Dr. Julie Howe, Professor of Soil Science & Project Director of TCSI S2E57: Farming While Black: race and regenerative agriculture—w/ Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farms 309: Will Harris's Legendary Regenerative Agriculture Journey, AKA A Bold Return to Giving a Damn S2E44: Can permaculture scale?-w/Mark Shepard, author of Restoration Agriculture --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/support

Rooted in Taína Asili's artistic journey creating music that addresses the intersectional issues related to the urgency of climate change, Taína created the multimedia show "Fever Pitch." The event ended with a community roundtable, an opportunity for the community to discuss solutions with some local leaders in the movement. This is a recording from statements made by panelists Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm. Alÿcia Bacon of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Xanthe Plymale of Fridays for Future: Capital District NY, and Merton Simpson of Sheridan Hollow Alliance for Renewable Energy (SHARE). This recording was edited by Sina Basila Hickey

The Disrupted team is welcoming the new year by choosing a few of the episodes we loved from 2023. We have so many favorites that we couldn't reair all of them, but these are a few that we wanted to listen back to. This week, our host Khalilah Brown-Dean chose our episode on how race has impacted agriculture and the environmental movement. Leah Penniman, Co-Executive Director and Farm Director at Soul Fire Farm, talks about her new book Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists. The discussion touches on everything from Leah's childhood to how the creation of some of the most prominent national parks in the U.S. is linked to the eugenics movement. And Dr. Dorceta Taylor, a professor at the Yale School of the Environment, explains what environmental justice is, and why we need to think about marginalized communities when we think about the environment. For more information on Soul Fire Farm, you can visit their website. You can read Dorceta Taylor's research on disparities in environmental grantmakng through ResearchGate. GUESTS: Leah Penniman: Co-Executive Director and Farm Director at Soul Fire Farm, author of Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists. Dorceta Taylor: Professor and Senior Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Yale School of the Environment. She was interviewed for Leah Penniman's book Black Earth Wisdom and is author of multiple books herself, including The Rise of the American Conservation Movement:  Power, Privilege, and Environmental Protection. This episode originally aired on April 26, 2023.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rahanna Bisseret Martinez was a contestant on Top Chef Junior, and she's cooked at some of the best restaurants in the world, including Dominique Ansel Bakery, Chez Panisse, Broken Spanish, Emeril's and Tartine Bakery. Rahanna is the author of the cookbook, Flavor + Us. And she's still in college! Producers Katrice Claudio and Tagan Engel talk with Rahanna about her book, her busy life and her love of food from all over the world. And, we meet a New Britain family who turned their lawn into a pick-what-you-need garden for their community. GUESTS: Rahanna Bisseret Martinez: Chef and author of Flavor + Us: Cooking for Everyone (@rahanna.bisseret.martinez) Kristianna Smith and Mike Saraceno: Curators and cultivators of a take-what-you-need garden in New Britain, Conn. (@ourgardennb) You can donate books to the garden's book box through Possible Futures. FEATURED RECIPES: Concha SconesDry-Fried Green BeansTie-Dye Berry Paletas LEARN MORE: Listen to Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm talk with Khalilah Brown-Dean about how Black Americans are reclaiming their relationship with nature on an episode of Disrupted. This show was produced by Robyn Doyon-Aitken, Catie Talarski, Meg Dalton, Katrice Claudio, Stephanie Stender, Meg Fitzgerald, Tagan Engel and Sabrina Herrera. Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and email: seasoned@ctpublic.org. Seasoned is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode.Support the show: https://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode explores the work of Taína Asili, her album Resiliencia, and the many voices that inspired her work in this album. As we understand notions of belonging, we explore Puerto Rican heritage, alternative voices of punk culture, language of re-membering, and the work of dismantling frameworks of scarcity to find deeper forms of belonging to the land and each other. Exploring the work of Sophia Smart, Leah Penniman, Sonia Renae Taylor, and others, we look at the role of the arts and an expansive sense of self in reclaiming our "own divine enoughness" (Renae Taylor).  Taína Asili is a Puerto Rican activist/musician who weaves a fusion of musical styles and roles the explore liberation themes from her work in racial, gender, and climate justice movements. Her newest album, Resiliencia and the accompanying documentary series is a profound exploration of the stories of women of color from the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico about their stories of resilience. The Music & Peacebuilding Podcast is hosted by Kevin Shorner-Johnson at Elizabethtown College. Join our professional development network at www.musicpeacebuilding.com - thinking deeply we reclaim space for connection and care.

This hour, we are taking a look at how race has impacted agriculture and the environmental movement. Leah Penniman, Co-Executive Director and Farm Director at Soul Fire Farm, talks about her new book Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists. The discussion touches on everything from Leah's childhood to how the creation of some of the most prominent national parks in the U.S. is linked to the eugenics movement. And Dr. Dorceta Taylor, a professor at the Yale School of the Environment, explains what environmental justice is, and why we need to think about marginalized communities when we think about the environment.For more information on Soul Fire Farm, you can visit their website.You can read Dorceta Taylor's research on disparities in environmental grantmakng through ResearchGate. GUESTS: Leah Penniman: Co-Executive Director and Farm Director at Soul Fire Farm, author of Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists. Dorceta Taylor: Professor and Senior Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Yale School of the Environment. She was interviewed for Leah Penniman's book Black Earth Wisdom and is author of multiple books herself, including The Rise of the American Conservation Movement:  Power, Privilege, and Environmental Protection. Special thanks to our interns Carol Chen and Stacey Addo. This episode originally aired on April 26, 2023.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leah Penniman In 2018 Leah Penniman wrote Farming While Black, a beautiful book recounting her experience of building Soul Fire Farm and, also, a guide for other Black and Indigenous people looking to reconnect to the land. Now Leah has compiled a treasure trove of conversations that she's had with other Black people who work in harmony with the Earth. Black Earth Wisdom brings together the voices of these leaders in service of guiding us all to a deeper connection with the land, with it's place in all of our lives, and the necessity of rebuilding the connection to Earth that, for far too many of us, is broken. This is my second time talking with Leah and I can't overstate how much I learn from her and value both her wisdom and her generosity in sharing what she has learned with all of us.  In this conversation Leah and I talked about the relationship we can have with the Earth, the racist history of our National Parks, Dr. George Washington Carver, and expanding our time perspective.  This conversation left me feeling so uplifted and committed to forging a deeper connection to the Earth itself. I think it will do the same for you. Listen, and enjoy. About Leah: Leah Penniman is founding Co-Executive Director and Farm Director of Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, New York, an Afro-Indigenous farm that works toward food justice and land justice. Her books Farming While Black and Black Earth Wisdom are love songs for the land and her people. For a written transcript of this conversation click here. 3 Actions: 1) Center the voices and leadership of the people most impacted by environmental injustice. 2) Anytime there's an opportunity to advocate for policies that support Black farmers, such as the Justice for Black Farmers Act, that support farm workers, such as the Fairness for Farmworkers Act, anything that supports rights of nature, land back for Indigenous people, reparations for Black people, we need to be sending those letters, calling, be in the streets to support that type of change. 3) We have a chance to get to know our neighbors, not just the people neighbors, but the amphibians, and the trees and the flowers and the mosses. Get to know their names, spend some quiet time listening, sing them a song of gratitude. And in rekindling that relationship with the Earth, we are almost guaranteed to fall in love. And when we fall in love, we are almost guaranteed to defend and protect. Connect with Leah: Soul Fire Farm Farming While Black  Black Earth Wisdom Instagram Credits: Harmonica music courtesy of a friend

Leah Penniman, author of Farming While Black and co-founder of Soul Fire Farm. She is a Black Kreyol farmer, author, mother, and food justice activist who has been tending the soil and organizing for an anti-racist food system for 25 years. Leah returns to DITD to talk to me about her new book that is called Black Earth Wisdom - soulful conversations with black environmentalists. It's been said that Leah weaves together the lessons from today's most respected Black environmentalists, those who have cultivated the skill of listening to the lessons that Earth has whispered to them.

In this episode Jennifer talks with Clara AgborTabi, Alumni and Partnerships Co-Coordinator for Soul Fire Farm, about their experience working with the land and helping others develop a deeper relationship with nature. They discuss how Soul Fire Farm is uprooting racism and revolutionizing the food system, as well as their experience as Research Assistant for the book Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists, by Leah Penniman. The book explores Black people's spiritual and scientific connection to the land, waters, and climate through a series of interviews with various Black environmentalists. Resources discussed in this episode:Farming While Black bookSoul Fire Farm websiteSoul Fire Farm FacebookSoul Fire Farm InstagramSoul Fire Farm TwitterSoul Fire Farm YouTubeHost: Jennifer Hetzel Have an idea for an episode? You can reach Jennifer at jrhetz@gmail.comLike the show? Do us a favor and rate / review the show on iTunes, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts from.You can always reach us at EpicallyGeeky.comYou can also find us on FaceBook, Twitter and Instagram.You can find us on iTunes here: https://apple.co/2RV2Iq2You can find us on Stitcher here: https://bit.ly/2B4O4GTYou can find us on Google Podcast: http://bit.ly/3aDGWn6You can find us on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2vxR7nuYou can find us on Pandora here: https://bit.ly/3bQmRKKYou can find us on Amazon Music here: https://amzn.to/3rORGEVYou can find us on Audible here: https://adbl.co/38JYvAmYou can find us on YouTube here: http://bit.ly/2Fz524tMusic by: Peter Emerson Jazz

Leah Penniman, cofounder of Soul Fire Farm in the Hudson Valley, New York, showcases the history of African-American farming and Indigenous land traditions in her new book 'Black Earth Wisdom' in which sixteen Black elders of various backgrounds discuss the intertwined fate of the earth and our spiritual lives. The book brings attention to often-neglected protectors of the Earth such as enslaved herbalists, seeds-savers, scientist-mystics like George Washington Carter, artists, musicians, poets, and earth-centered religious traditions. More about the commons: www.Bollier.org. PDF transcript of this interview: https://www.bollier.org/files/misc-file-upload/files/Leah_Penniman_transcript_Episode_38.pdf

This hour, we are taking a look at how race has impacted agriculture and the environmental movement. Leah Penniman, Co-Executive Director and Farm Director at Soul Fire Farm, talks about her new book Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists. The discussion touches on everything from Leah's childhood to how the creation of some of the most prominent national parks in the U.S. is linked to the eugenics movement. And Dr. Dorceta Taylor, a professor at the Yale School of the Environment, explains what environmental justice is, and why we need to think about marginalized communities when we think about the environment. For more information on Soul Fire Farm, you can visit their website: https://www.soulfirefarm.org/. You can read Dorceta Taylor's research on disparities in environmental grantmakng through ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/369261149_Examining_Disparities_in_Environmental_Grantmaking_Where_the_Money_Goes. GUESTS: Leah Penniman: Co-Executive Director and Farm Director at Soul Fire Farm, author of Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists. Dorceta Taylor: Professor and Senior Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Yale School of the Environment. She was interviewed for Leah Penniman's book Black Earth Wisdom and is author of multiple books herself, including The Rise of the American Conservation Movement:  Power, Privilege, and Environmental Protection. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On "Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg" Dani speaks with Leah Penniman, a farmer, author, and food systems advocate who just released her new book Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists. They discuss the power of listening to and learning from the earth, the urgency of the environmental justice movement, and the process of leaning into collaboration and co-creation. This conversation was part of a live, virtual event available only to Food Tank members, which featured a special Q&A session not included in the episode. To access these discussions and have the chance to pose your own questions to changemakers transforming our food and agriculture systems, head to foodtank.com/join and find a membership level that works for you. New members also receive a special gift from Food Tank when they sign up. While you're listening, subscribe, rate, and review the show; it would mean the world to us to have your feedback. You can listen to “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg” wherever you consume your podcasts.

Producers/Hosts: Holli Cederholm and Clare Boland Editor: Clare Boland Common Ground Radio is an hour-long discussion of local food and organic agriculture with people here in the state of Maine and beyond. This month: In the April 2023 episode of MOFGA’s Common Ground Radio, host Holli Cederholm discusses “Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists” with Leah Penniman, farm director/co-executive director of Soul Fire Farm and author of “Farming While Black,” and Rue Mapp, founder of Outdoor Afro and author of “Nature Swagger: Stories and Visions of Black Joy in the Outdoors.” “Black Earth Wisdom” is a newly released book of essays and interviews that explores Black people's spiritual and scientific connection to the land, waters, and climate.  Topics this episode include: – “Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists” by Leah Penniman. – “Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land” by Leah Penniman. – “Nature Swagger: Stories and Visions of Black Joy in the Outdoors” by Rue Mapp. – Contributions of Black people to environmental thought and agroecological practices. – The importance of representation to access and inclusion. – Why centering BIPOC voices is critical to environmentalism. Guest/s: Leah Penniman is a Black Kreyol farmer, mother, soil nerd, author, and food justice activist who co-founded Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, New York, in 2010, with the mission to end racism in the food system and reclaim our ancestral connection to land. Penniman is part of a team that facilitates powerful food sovereignty programs — including farmer training for Black and Brown people, a subsidized farm food distribution program for communities living under food apartheid, and domestic and international organizing toward equity in the food system. In addition to “Black Earth Wisdom,” she is the author of “Farming While Black.” Rue Mapp documents her personal experiences while pioneering and shifting a new visual representation of Black people in the outdoors. An outdoorswoman, she transformed her kitchen table blog into a national nature-inspired enterprise and movement, called Outdoor Afro: where Black people and nature meet. Mapp is the founder and CEO of Outdoor Afro, and she is also the author of “Nature Swagger: Stories and Visions of Black Joy in the Outdoors,” which was published in 2022. Her words about nature and Black joy can also be found in conversation with other Black environmentalists in the newly released “Black Earth Wisdom.” FMI Links: “Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists” by Leah Penniman “Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land” by Leah Penniman “Nature Swagger: Stories and Visions of Black Joy in the Outdoors” by Rue Mapp Outdoor Afro Soul Fire Farm About the hosts: Holli Cederholm has been involved in organic agriculture since 2005 when she first apprenticed on a small farm. She has worked on organic farms in Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, Scotland and Italy and, in 2010, founded a small farm focused on celebrating open-pollinated and heirloom vegetables. As the former manager of a national nonprofit dedicated to organic seed growers, she authored a peer-reviewed handbook on GMO avoidance strategies for seed growers. Holli has also been a steward at Forest Farm, the iconic homestead of “The Good Life” authors Helen and Scott Nearing; a host of “The Farm Report” on Heritage Radio Network; and a long-time contributor for The Maine Organic Farmer & Gardener, which she now edits in her role as content creator and editor at MOFGA. Caitlyn Barker has worked in education and organic agriculture on and off for the last 17 years. She has worked on an organic vegetable farm, served on the Maine Farm to School network, worked in early childhood education and taught elementary school. She currently serves as the community engagement coordinator for MOFGA. The post Common Ground Radio 3/13/23: Black Earth Wisdom first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Get to know your 4 The Soil: A Conversation podcast team. Jeff Ishee, Mary Sketch Bryant, Sarah Koth, and Eric Bendfeldt share their background and aha moments in learning about and building soil health. Jeff mentioned the influence of his father but also his library of soil health books he has accumulated since his retirement from the U.S. Navy. Mary recalled her earlier work in environmental and conservation studies and the importance of the human dimension in soil health and the protection of natural resources. Sarah highlighted her background in environmental communications and advocacy at James Madison University and her introduction to soil health in interning and volunteering with community-based organizations that were working to address food security and justice. Eric reflected on his introduction to soil health and fertility issues working with the Mennonite Central Committee, the relief, peace, and development agency of the Mennonite church, in Tanzania, East Africa. In listening to Jeff, Mary, Sarah, and Eric, it is easy to recognize that no matter what our various backgrounds and experiences are that we can all be 4 The Soil! We would be interested in learning about your aha moments with soil health and the care of natural resources. A few soil resource authors mentioned during this episode included Jon Stika, Wendell Berry, Gene Logsdon, Joel Salatin, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and Leah Penniman. Virginia Graze 300 is a program of Virginia Cooperative Extension whose mission is to enable Virginia farmers to achieve 300 days of livestock grazing by facilitating better pasture management and environmental stewardship. To learn more about Virginia Graze 300, please visit https://ext.vt.edu/agriculture/graze-300.html If you want to pledge your commitment to soil health, please visit https://www.4thesoil.org/take-the-pledge or the Virginia Soil Health Coalition website.

Regenerative farming practices rooted in African-Indigenous wisdom and technologies are part of the solution to feeding the world without undermining its ecology Soul Fire Farm is an example of that. co founded by Leah Penniman and   Located in upstate New York soul fire farm is  an Afro-Indigenous centered community farm committed dedicated to uprooting racism and seeding sovereignty in the food system.  Soul Fire grows mostly perennial crops—berries, orchards of fruit trees, medicinal herbs—that help capture carbon. They also practice silvopasture, a system in which livestock like poultry and sheep graze among fruit trees, which also works to mitigate the effects of climate change. Much of what is grown is donated to the residents of Albany neighborhoods classed as food deserts, although Penniman prefers the term “food apartheid.” They raise and distribute life-giving food as a means to end food apartheid.  It's an alternative to the capitalist  economic model. It's about relationships. It's not just a model of selling.”[9]With deep reverence for the land and wisdom of their ancestors, they  work to reclaim their collective right to belong to the earth and to have agency in the food system.Soul Fire farm  bring diverse communities together on this healing land to share skills on sustainable agriculture, natural building, spiritual activism, health, and environmental justice.They  are training the next generation of activist-farmers and strengthening the movements for food sovereignty and community self-determination. Their  food sovereignty programs reach over 50,000 people each year, including farmer training for Black and Brown growers, reparations and land return initiatives for northeast farmers, food justice workshops for urban youth, home gardens for city-dwellers living under food apartheid, doorstep harvest delivery for food insecure households, and systems and policy education for public decision-makers. Today Joy Moore and I  talk to Briana Alfaro about the Soul Fire farms programs and the importance of its trainings to create the new activists of the future who will help heal our planet.  Briana Alfaro  co-creates educational offerings as Administrative Program Manager at Soul Fire Farm.    The post Afro-Indigenous healing on Soul Fire Farm appeared first on KPFA.

Welcome to this bonus episode of Weave Your Bliss! I have a special interview to share with you about a cause that is near and dear to my heart. Join us to learn more about the valuable work that is happening at Soul Fire Farm. Crysta Bloom is the communications manager at Soul Fire Farm. In addition to her work there, she's a birth worker, somatic embodiment practitioner, mother, and storyteller. Her body of work revolves around creating writings and facilitating healing offerings that contribute to the liberation of the collective, and she has a deep appreciation for the power of a unified community. In this conversation, Crysta shares with us the mission of Soul Fire Farm, its programs, and the inspiring work that's going on there. You can support the farm through joining my Cosmic Business Salon and upgrading from the free access so that 100% of your investment goes to support their work. It's the perfect opportunity to gain something of value for you and your business while helping a great cause in the world!Show Highlights:How Soul Fire Farm began to meet a need within the community for healthy foodAn overview of the programs and events at Soul Fire FarmHow the farm fulfills the mission to uproot racism in the food system by helping Black and indigenous farmersWhy the intention is to bring awareness to our food system's basis on stolen land, displacement, and capitalismHow Soul Fire Farm has brought changes to their community and an awakening to their divine connection to the landHow they practice spirituality and rituals to honor the land with ecological humilityHow they work to build community, pride, and joy– even within the daily farming tasksHow Crysta came to join the team at Soul Fire FarmHow Crysta's work as a somatic embodiment practitioner and therapeutic yoga teacher relates to farming and the landWhat's coming up for Soul Fire Farm in 2023 Resources and Links:Find out more about Soul Fire Farm: WebsiteMentioned in this episode: Farming While Black by Leah Penniman (one of the co-founders of Soul Fire Farm)Join the Cosmic Business Salon FREE masterclass that runs March 6-10! I'm excited to bring you this opportunity to build your ethical and equitable spiritually aligned and financially successful business! Don't miss this chance to learn from proven experts. Sign up now at www.cosmicbusinesssalon.com. Don't miss this exciting opportunity! Join me in March for a 30-day sprint to increase your income. My program, Cosmic Cash Flow, is all about wealth creation, support, and community. Sign up now at www.weaveyourbliss.com. Plan your 2023 schedule according to astrology! Get your copy of the 2023 Astrology Guidebook for my hand-picked lay-low and auspicious dates, all of the new and full moons and their placements, and more – and drop it right into your Google calendar. The bonus is that all profits go to two thoughtfully-chosen charities that are doing great things in the world!Join the Weave Your Bliss newsletter for exclusive Resonance Love Letters– sign up

On this week's 51%, we speak with Dr. Clarence Lusane about his latest book, Twenty Dollars and Change: Harriet Tubman and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice and Democracy, on the lifelong activism of Harriet Tubman and the ongoing debate over the future of the $20 bill. Our associate producer, Jody Cowan, also sits down with farmer and author Leah Penniman about her upcoming collection Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists. Guests: Dr. Clarence Lusane, author of Twenty Dollars and Change: Harriet Tubman and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice and Democracy; Rue Mapp, founder and CEO of Outdoor Afro and author of Nature Swagger; and Leah Penniman, co-director of Soul Fire Farm and author of Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio in Albany, New York. It's produced and hosted by Jesse King. Our associate producer is Jody Cowan, our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is “Lolita” by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue.

Leah Penniman is a Black Kreyol farmer, author, mother, and food justice activist who has been tending the soil and organizing for an anti-racist food system for 25 years. She currently serves as founding co-ED and Farm Director of Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, New York, a Black & Brown led project that works toward food and land justice. Her books are Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land (2018) and Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists (2023). You can follow Leah on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram via @leahpenniman, @soulfirefarm, @farmingwhileblack and @black.earth.wisdom.   The songs picked by all our guests can be found via  our playlist #walktalklisten here.  Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.   Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram.  Or check us out on our website 100mile.org.  We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.  Stay tuned for the 11th 100 mile walk that will take place from March 26 - April 1, 2023 in Seattle, WA area, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.

The season wrap up is here! Join us for our last episode as we reflect on the entire creative process of Rest. Rise. Move. Nourish. Heal, and what that has looked like for both company members and collaborators. We'll also be discussing Leah Penniman's work, Farming while Black, and what themes have risen to the top for Vershawn personally in relation to the new work.

Through the Portal is a podcast from the Social Justice Portal Project, a national collaborative think tank hosted by the Social Justice Initiative at the University of Illinois Chicago. Each month, grassroots activists and radical scholars will give voice to community struggles, national strategies and sustainable alternatives for the future. The guest speakers, who are also Portal Project participants, explore what it means to walk through the portal of the current moment by centering racial and social justice issues. On the final episode of the series, Dame and Teresa are joined by the brilliant Leah Penniman. A leading voice in the fight for food and land sovereignty for Black farmers and community, Leah is the Co-Director and Farm Manager of Soul Fire Farm, an Afro-Indigenous centered community farm in upstate New York. She talks about the deeply rooted connections between our food systems and incarceration, how Afro-Indigenous planting practices protect and rejuvenate the land, and how the organization has grown from dropping off carrots to hungry neighbors to leading the fight to reimagine our food systems (while still dropping off carrots to neighbors). SHOW NOTES Tiffany LaShae - https://www.soulfirefarm.org/food-sovereignty-education/3d/tiffany-lashae/ Soul Fire farm - https://www.soulfirefarm.org Farming While Black - https://www.soulfirefarm.org/media/farming-while-black/ Baba Curtis Muhammad - https://snccdigital.org/people/curtis-hayes/ Freedom Food Alliance - https://freedomfoodalliance.wordpress.com/ Rev Garrison Frazier - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrison_Frazier Greenwood food blockade - https://www.southernfoodways.org/the-greenwood-food-blockade/ Dr Gail Myers - https://www.drgailmyers.com/ Rhythms of the Land - https://www.rhythmsoftheland.com/ Booker T Whatley - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/you-can-thank-black-horticulturist-booker-t-whatley-your-csa-180977771/ Kombit (Haitian Work Parties) - http://www.haitiobserver.com/blog/the-agricultural-system-of-kombit-in-haiti.html Phytoremediation - https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-04/documents/a_citizens_guide_to_phytoremediation.pdf Hazel Johnson - https://www.peopleforcommunityrecovery.org/ Karen Washington - https://www.karenthefarmer.com/about All We Can Save - https://www.allwecansave.earth/ Working the Roots - https://bookshop.org/books/working-the-roots-over-400-years-of-traditional-african-american-healing/9780692857878 Freedom Farmers - https://uncpress.org/book/9781469643700/freedom-farmers/ Black Nature - https://ugapress.org/book/9780820334318/black-nature/ Highlander Center - https://highlandercenter.org/ Reparations map - https://www.soulfirefarm.org/get-involved/reparations/ Learn more about the Portal Project - sjiportalproject.com/ Subscribe to AirGo - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

My guest today is Jennifer Jewell, gardener, author, and the host of Cultivating Place, a co-production & podcast of North State Public Radio, which is syndicated across the United States and available as a podcast worldwide.  For listeners of a garden podcast in North America, much less one produced in Northern California on indigenous land, Jennifer probably needs no introduction.  In many ways she has shaped a corner of garden culture and literacy, introducing listeners to gardeners across the globe and the remarkable beings in their own backyard.  Her interviews and writing are focused on the importance of the person and place in the garden -- considering the land, its history, and culture, and always moving toward a more sustainable, inclusive whole. I am always inspired by her unwavering faith in gardeners, and the belief that we can meet the incredible challenges of our current time with community, care, and an embrace of the interconnectedness of our natural world.    Garden People Podcast from https://www.instagram.com/violetear_studio/ (@violetear_studio) L I S T E N https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/garden-people/id1595934172 (iTunes) https://open.spotify.com/show/7qlYq5yVrLEgfCuZOtrPcn (Spotify) https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/garden-people (Stitcher) S H O W N O T E S https://www.seedsavers.org (Seed Savers Exchange) https://heronswoodgarden.org (Heronswood) https://www.pacifichorticulture.org/articles/the-educational-journey-of-a-plantsman-john-wittlesey-2/ (John Whittlesey) https://amzn.to/3uYom2z (Earth in Her Hands) https://amzn.to/3RSfV2r (Under Western Skies) http://caitlinatkinson.com (Caitlin Atkinson ) https://www.arabellalennoxboyd.com (Arrabella Lennox Boyd) (and her wonderful https://www.arabellalennoxboyd.com (new book)) https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/author/anna-pavord/ (Anna Pavord), https://amzn.to/3ctIAuF (The Tulip) (and her most recent: https://smile.amazon.com/Seasonal-Gardener-Creative-Planting-Combinations/dp/1838663983/ref=sr_1_1?crid=131NLLAZBIFPI&keywords=anna%20pavord&qid=1658342413&sprefix=anna%20pavord%2Caps%2C187&sr=8-1 (The Seasonal Gardener: Creative Planting Combinations)) https://www.instagram.com/rowenwhite/?hl=en (Rowan White), https://sierraseeds.org/rowens-story/ (Sierra Seeds) https://humansandnature.org/vandana-shiva/ (Vandana Shiva) (two favorites: https://smile.amazon.com/Who-Really-Feeds-World-Agribusiness/dp/1623170621/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=vandana%20shiva&qid=1658342614&s=books&sprefix=vandana%20shiva%2Cstripbooks%2C407&sr=1-6 (Who Really Feeds the World?) and https://amzn.to/3ziQkse (Stolen Harvest)) https://www.soulfirefarm.org/meet-the-farmers/leah-penniman/ (Leah Penniman), https://www.instagram.com/soulfirefarm/?hl=en (Soul Fire Farm) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_Cooper_Marcus (Claire Cooper Marcus) (a favorite book: https://amzn.to/3zls4WE (Therapeutic Landscapes)) https://www.slowflowerspodcast.com (Debra Prinzing), https://www.instagram.com/slowflowerssociety/?hl=en (Slow Flower Society ) https://awaytogarden.com (Margaret Roach) P L A N T L I S T Salvia Manzanita - Arctostaphylos edmudsii Big Sur Manzanita Nasturtium Iceberg roses Native Eryngium aristulatum Buckwheats - Eriogonum Geum – (local native is Eeum triflorum) Marigold Deer Grass - Muhlenbergia rigens Purple sage - Salvia leucophylla

For Juneteenth, we've updated one of our most listened-to episodes (2021), featuring Leah Penniman, founder of Soul Fire Farm and author of Farming While Black

SEEDS OF CHANGE EPISODE 2 “To Free Ourselves We Must Feed Ourselves: The Hidden Legacy of the Black Panther Free Breakfast Program in California." In January 1969 a group of young visionaries at the forefront of the Black Power movement launched an innovative Free Breakfast Program for children in Oakland. In doing so, they didn't just help shape public imagination about the possibilities of food aid. Discover how they also helped change the political will of the state and nation. (Photo Credit: Charles Bursey serving children at Panther breakfast program, St. Augustine's Episcopal Church, No. 135. Photo by Pirkle Jones. Courtesy of University of California, Santa Cruz. McHenry Library, Special Collections). Seeds of Change Episode 2 features interviews from Dr. Analena Hope Hassberg (incoming Cal State LA Assoc. Prof.) and Billy X Jennings (Public Historian of the Black Panther Party). It was written and produced by Dr. Caroline Collins (Postdoctoral Fellow at UC San Diego and Cal Ag Roots Producer at the California Institute for Rural Studies) and edited by Li Schmidt (Associate Associate Storyteller and Researcher at the California Institute for Rural Studies). This project was made possible with support from the 11th Hour Project at the Schmidt Family Foundation. The episode's title “To Free Ourselves We Must Feed Ourselves” is inspired by the words of activist farmer and author Leah Penniman. Learn more about Penniman's work here: https://www.soulfirefarm.org/portfolio-items/to-free-ourselves-we-must-feed-ourselves/. Music Credits for Episode 2: "Strange Persons" by Kicksta; "Petit Gennevilliers (Celesta)” by MagnusMoone; "Summer Breeze” and "Inward" by HansTroost; Vocals by harmony group Reverb; “Afronauts” by Crowander; and “Can” by CSC Funk Band. Tribe of Noise licensing information can be found here: prosearch.tribeofnoise.com/pages/terms. Pixabay terms of service can be found here: https://pixabay.com/service/terms/. Free Music Archive information can be found here: https://freemusicarchive.org/royalty-free-music. Library of Congress disclaimers can be found here: https://www.loc.gov/legal/. #seedsofchange #blackhistory #california #calagroots #blacklivesmatter #rural #americanwest #blackculture #black #foodjustice #blackfood #blm #history #blackpeople #blackisbeautiful #blackpride #africanamerican

Are you confused about recycling? Do you care about the planet but feel uncertain about how to contribute? If so, this episode is for you! Christy and Jae chat with Middletown Recycling Coordinator, Kim O'Rourke about the steps we can take as individuals to create a greener community. Kim also explains why we must look beyond the individual to municipalities, businesses and world leaders to create the larger impact needed to address climate change. https://www.middletownct.gov/directory.aspx?eid=31https://middletownct.gov/926/Waste-Removal-and-Recyclinghttps://middletownct.gov/951/Middletown-Recycling-Centerhttps://middletownct.gov/195/Recycling-Events-and-Programshttps://www.rockfallfoundation.org/https://www.rebooteco.com/https://www.recyclect.com/about-us.htmlhttps://russelllibrary.libcal.com/event/9067967https://russelllibrary.libcal.com/event/9011909?hs=aBook & Podcast RecommendationsSilent Spring  by Rachel CarsonMiss Rumphius by Barbara CooneyFarming While Black by Leah Penniman Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (Book 1 of the Southern Reach Trilogy)Reversing Climate Change  w/ Leah Penniman- https://nori.com/podcasts/reversing-climate-change/S2E57-Farming-While-Black-race-and-regenerative-agriculturew-Leah-Penniman-of-Soul-Fire-Farms-etpvcsThis podcast uses music by Ashutosh, under a creative commons license:Time by ASHUTOSH | https://soundcloud.com/grandaktMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

In this episode we talk about our early spring, what new plants we're starting (Udo, Chinese Licorice, Ground Plum Milkvetch, Bush Morning Glory, Baptisia tinctoria) etc, our favorite episodes since the last duocast, and how they all fit together. Use our affiliate link to register for free, or purchase the recordings for the Women Working for the Earth Summit: https://www.womenworkingfortheearth.com/?ac=UTnGeAhy It's happening NEXT weekend, April 16-24, 2022 online with speakers like Winona LaDuke, Rosemary Gladstar, Rocio Alarcon, Linda Black Elk and Leah Penniman sharing their unique ways of working with nature and each other. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/support

"My greatest hope is that by growing food, seeds, herbs, and medicines I can reconnect myself and my community to just and connected ways of living, giving, and connection with the living world.” - Jen Williams, Wild Dreams Farm and Seed As a whole, we are unrooted people.  Our modern lifestyle has caused us to lose our connection with the land, our history, and our interconnectedness. The result can be a low-grade feeling of confusion, apathy, and anxiety.  Your healing journey may lead you to a therapist or doctor's office. It may lead you to a healer or guide. Or it may lead you to reconnect to yourself through nature. Jen Williams is a mother, a youth mentor, and a farmer.  She operates a farm-based seed company called Wild Dreams Farm and Seed on Vashon Island.   For years she has been exploring this connection between the soil, the creatures, the earth, and its people. She's deeply committed to the movements for climate and racial justice and sees re-rooting back to the land as a necessary part of our healing.  I met Jen when we were wild, passionate, partying 20-somethings. We've since grown up, gotten sober, raised kids, and found ourselves in the fortunate and challenging position of being heart-centered entrepreneurs in a capitalistic society.  I've witnessed Jen's personal and professional journey - sometimes twisting and rough - but always being led by her values and her heart and her deep love of humanity.  Spending time with her is like a balm to my soul because she reminds me of what really matters and what we are all capable of when we reconnect to ourselves through our food and the earth.  I hope our conversation shows you that healing can come in many forms. The therapist's office might not resonate with you. But putting your hands in the soil, watching the miracle of life burst from seed, and sharing the incredible abundance nature provides with others just might.  I hope you enjoy our conversation and as always we'd love to know what resonated for you. Connect with Jen Williams: https://www.wilddreamsfarm.org/ @wilddreamsfarm Jen's mentors mentioned in this podcast: Rowan White of Sierra Seeds- https://sierraseeds.org/ Vandana Shiva- https://www.navdanya.org/site/ Winona LaDuke- https://www.winonaladuke.com/  and Honor the Earth- https://www.honorearth.org/ Leah Penniman and Soul Fire Farm- https://www.soulfirefarm.org/

Karen Rose has dedicated her life's work to empowering individuals to reconnect to their own ancestral traditions, rooted in her native land of Guyana with a dash of desert life from her time in Arizona and her many years in Brooklyn, NY. Regarded as a Spiritual Herbalist, Karen is revered for being the first to teach Spiritual Herbalism, plant medicine deeply rooted in ancestral healing and spiritual consciousness. Offering guidance to those on the path to finding the truth, she has trained over 400 herbalists through her Spiritual Herbalism Apprenticeship program as an act to reclaim their own health and offer healing to their own communities. She's recently come out with an amazing new book: The Art & Practice of Spiritual Herbalism: Transform, Heal & Remember with the Power of Plants and Ancestral Medicine. You can find her on IG and at sacredvibeshealing.com This is a rich conversation. We touched on topics like ancestral healing, how grief can hang in the lungs, her favorite plants for heart healing, what spiritual herbalism means to her and what apprenticing with her may be like. It was an honor and a pleasure to learn about Karen's life and her work. Enjoy the episode. Upcoming Free Live Event on Earth Day Weekend: The ONE Summit or Women Working for the Earth Summit is going to be well worth checking out for some heart soothing, inspiring and connecting listening from some of the most incredible activists, healers, nature lovers of our time. This event led by @natureevolutionaries is happening the weekend of Earth Day, April 21st - 24th, 2022 and features over 30 speakers. Use our affiliate link to check out the Women Working for the Earth Summit here: https://www.womenworkingfortheearth.com/?ac=UTnGeAhy to support us if you decide to purchase the all access pass for the recordings (it's $67 and they give us a generous half of that). Check out the speakers of the summit and the topics that they are going to share with the world. It's pretty amazing. To name a few: Winona LaDuke, Leah Penniman, Tammi Sweet, Rosemary Gladstar, Rosita Arvigo and many inspiring plant people. Ya'all will love it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/support

Christy and Vivian introduce the importance of food agriculture and benefits of self-planting in our communities. They interview Cherry Liu, the Beacon Food Forest Outreach Coordinator, who describes more in depth about the history of farming and how she began working for the Beacon Food Forest. Cherry describes how individuals should opt for local food sources and self-farming for fresh produce rather than big supermarket companies. Urban farming organizations to follow in the Seattle area: Black Star Farmers @blackstarfarmers Black Farmers Collective (Yes Farm) @blackfarmerscollective Salsa de la Vida @salsadelavida Danny Woo Community Garden @dannywoogarden ACRS Farm @acrsnews Percussion Farms @percussionfarms Nurturing Roots Farm @nurturingrootsfarm Cherry's Cottage @cherryscottage Rural farms in WA to follow: Kamayan Farm-Ariana de Lena, Filipina-owned farm in Carnation @kamayanfarm Small Axe Farm, Black-led farm in Sammamish @blackfarmerscollective Sweet Hollow Farm-Vero Vergara, multiracial queer worker-owned cooperative farm in Woodinville @sweethollowfarm Good Rain Farm-Michelle Weeks, Indigenous-led farm in Camas @goodrainfarm. Asian American-owned farms in the US to follow: Farmer Mai-Mai Nguyen (Sebastopol, CA) Namu Farm-Krystyn Leach (San Francisco, CA) Shao Shan Farm-Scott Chang-Fleeman (Bolinas, CA) Electronic Resources: "Hope in a Changing Climate" by Dr. John D. Liu, about reversing desertification: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLdNhZ6kAzo&t=124s Leah Penniman, keynote address on ancestral farming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvQJP8QP-Ng&t=116s The Indigenous Science of Permaculture: https://www.kcet.org/shows/tending-nature/the-indigenous-science-of-permaculture?fbclid=IwAR3yxc-GbWxDEWDFjMHBQshGh81NjsbaZdgZ3WHmLxHh-H_WOx-LsxFLmWU Asian American farmers: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/young-asian-americans-turn-farming-means-cultural-reclamation-n1072036 Contact us at uwbsust@uw.edu or bas@cascadia.edu. Cherry's contact: cherry@foodforest.ngo Beacon Food Forest: https://beaconfoodforest.org/volunteer https://beaconfoodforest.org/ Follow Campus Sustainability Offices:on Instagram @uwbsustainability or @sustainabilityatcascadia Check out our websites uwb.edu/sustainability or cascadia.edu/bassp Image art by Sarah Blechner

#055: With a ticking clock and many obstacles facing the earth, activist farmer Leah Penniman continues to remind us that that the most-effective solutions always come from those closest to the problems. Here she shares her sense of hope for solving climate and justice issues before time runs out, inspired by the incredible energy and level of organization the younger BIPOC generation is bringing forth - and argues for the importance of installing them into leadership positions across our movements. Leah Penniman is a longtime food sovereignty organizer and the author of Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Decolonizing Land, Food, and Agriculture.  She is  the Co-Founder, Co-Director and Programs Manager at Soul Fire Farm in upstate New York and is the recipient of a James Beard Leadership Award, a Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching, and was a NY finalist for the Presidential Award of Excellence in Teaching.  Leah serves on the Real Organic Project Advisory Board.To watch a video version of this podcast with access to the full transcript and links relevant to our conversation, please visit:https://www.realorganicproject.org/leah-penniman-land-back-into-indigenous-hands-episode-fifty-fiveThe Real Organic Podcast is hosted by Dave Chapman and Linley Dixon, engineered by Brandon StCyr, and edited and produced by Jenny Prince.The Real Organic Project is a farmer-led movement working towards certifying 1,000 farms across the United States this year. Our add-on food label distinguishes soil-grown fruits and vegetables from hydroponically-raised produce, and pasture-raised meat, milk, and eggs from products harvested from animals in horrific confinement (CAFOs - confined animal feeding operations).To find a Real Organic farm near you, please visit:https://www.realorganicproject.org/farmsWe believe that the organic standards, with their focus on soil health, biodiversity, and animal welfare were written as they should be, but that the current lack of enforcement of those standards is jeopardizing the ability for small farms who adhere to the law to stay in business. The lack of enforcement is also jeopardizing the overall health of the customers who support the organic movement; customers who are not getting what they pay for at market but still paying a premium price. And the lack of enforcement is jeopardizing the very cycles (water, air, nutrients) that Earth relies upon to provide us all with a place to live, by pushing extractive, chemical agriculture to the forefront.If you like what you hear and are feeling inspired, we would love for you to join our movement by becoming one of our 1,000  Real Friends:https://www.realorganicproject.org/real-organic-friends/To read our weekly newsletter (which might just be the most forwarded newsletter on the internet!) and get firsthand news about what's happening with organic food, farming and policy, please subscribe here:https://www.realorganicproject.org/email/

For many Black Americans the land itself is the scene of the crime. That legacy of slavery has dramatically impacted the relationship that many Black Americans have with the land.  Food and land justice activist Leah Penniman is working to change that. A founder of Soul Fire Farm and the author of Farming While Black, Leah has made it her mission in life to reconnect Black and Brown people with the land.  In this conversation Leah and I talk about not only how the legacy of slavery is still seen in connection to the land and land ownership but how to heal some of these wounds. From spending time working with the land, to reparations, to political advocacy Leah and I talk about where we are, where we want to be, and how we get there.  About Leah: Leah Penniman is a Black Kreyol farmer, author, mother, and food justice activist who has been tending the soil and organizing for an anti-racist food system for25 years. She currently serves as founding co-executive director of Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, New York, a Black & Brown led project that works toward food and land justice. Her book is Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land. Find out more about Leah's work at www.soulfirefarm.org and follow her @soulfirefarm on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. For a written transcript of this conversation go here. Action Items: Check out the Soul Fire Farm website where you'll find a ton of resources and action guides. Look at the reparations map created by the Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust and Soul Fire Farm and find a project that connects with you and needs resources if you are able to make a financial contribution. Pay attention to legislation that is happening around farmers and our food and get in touch with your representatives. As few as 20 contacts from constituents make a difference. Resources: Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land by Leah Penniman Connect with Leah: Soul Fire Farm Farming While Black, the book  Instagram Twitter Credits:  Thank you to the National Liberty Museum for their production support. Harmonica music courtesy of a friend.   

From the personal to the systemic, this episode explores how the foundation of our economy and our ecology, the soil under our feet, serves as a powerful reference point for repair and transformation and how institutions serving BIPOC communities are leveraging this “grounded” approach. Highlights: • Celebrating the rapid progress that has been achieved this past decade through the collaboration of organizations young and old serving BIPOC food and farming ecosystems and seeking to end racism in the food system. • Leah unpacks the concept of “ecological humility” and how we might apply and learn from it • An exploration of how we might look to the principles and practices of regenerative agriculture to glean insights and strategies for the work of repair Full episode details and transcript available here: https://www.theroadtorepair.com/season1/ep4-heal-the-soil-heal-our-economy-with-leah-penniman

"For most of human history, the way that we got our information -- we read the stars, we read the weather, we read the directionality of the migration of the birds...there was a way we were very versed in the primary source of earth," said Leah Penniman, Co-director and Farm Manager of the beloved Soul Fire Farm. Penniman is also the author of Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land. This week on the Emergent Strategy Podcast, Mia and Leah talk about spirituality as it pertains to the land, adaptation during the pandemic, how to not perform your solidarity, and singing to your seeds. Happy June, ya'll.

Delma and Shadiin dive into the story behind Leah Penniman's work with SoulFire Farm that goes far beyond food production. They talk spiritual practice, solidarity, land rights, ancestral work, and intergenerational pettiness. Threads of family and place flow throughout. Leah Penniman is a Black Creole farmer, author, mother, and food justice activist maintaining the soil and organizing for an anti-racist food system for over 20 years. She currently serves as founding co-executive director of SoulFire Farm in Grafton, New York. Her book is Farming While Black. Find her at https://www.soulfirefarm.org/ (https://www.soulfirefarm.org/)

In this episode of The Best Thing, Antonio Neves talks to farmer, food justice activist, author, and the co-founder of Soul Fire Farm, Leah Penniman. In a raw and honest conversation, Leah talks about food apartheid and her four-year journey to build a home with her own hands. This episode will expose the connection between agriculture and race and how it has shaped our history. You'll be inspired to learn more, work more, and see the world through a new lens.  Links Soul Fire Farm Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land Donate to Soul fire Farm  Leah's Instagram Leah's interview with Dr. Mark Hyman on the Farmacy Podcast   Quick Episode Summary: Meet Leah Food apartheid Food in the current social climate Reclaiming the heritage of black farming  Educating youth about farming and agriculture The best thing that happened to Leah There's power in naivety The challenges and personal growth building a family business Why Leah's grandmother started farming Follow your ancestors