Radical Nourishment

In the imaginations of some folks, movements towards food sovereignty live primarily in idyllic community gardens, small-scale organic farms, local farmers’ markets, and farm-to-table restaurants. But the work of sovereignty lives within spaces of deeper complexity – spaces woven together by the seeds of joys, suffering, commitments, creativity, and resilience. Derrick McDonald and Shephali Patel call in the stories and voices that...

For the folks behind BK Rot, showing love to their community looks a lot like piles of old orange peels, used coffee grounds, and last week's leftovers — in other words, it looks like compost. BK Rot is New York City's first bike-powered composting and hauling service, run almost entirely by youth of color. It was created in response to the city's failure to bring curbside composting services to their neighborhoods — an...

The air has grown cooler, and the leaves are falling from the trees. We are in the thick of fall, which also means the thick of transformation. I’ve always heard that grief is something you grow through, so I sat with the soil and mirrored the earth's cycles. I sat with the trees, the falling leaves, and the wind to help me remember. That endings are endings, but they can also seed new beginnings.

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The artists, musicians, and water protectors of South Seattle challenge flawed concepts of environmentalism by showing us that water is not a resource; but a sacred force that is inseparable from what it means to be a human being. Protecting our rivers and upholding water sovereignty is always a cultural and relational act - one that is a co-creation between the humans and the waters themselves. The Duwamish River invites us to tak...

Recovering from top surgery is a chance to heal more than just your body. In this episode, Nino McQuown and friends DREAM Emmanuel, Leah Drew, and Ty Wilkerson talk about how food fit into their processes of recovery, and how sometimes moments of self-sovereignty arrive through openness to receiving care.

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Learn more about Food Culture Collective @ https://foodculture.org and HEAL Food Alliance @ https://healfoodalliance.org

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In the Near East neighborhoods of Columbus, Ohio, generations of Black community leaders have worked together to nurture a center of Black life in Ohio. In this episode, we follow Julialynn Walker as she takes us through the Bronzeville Urban Growers community gardens, markets, and food programs and shares the history of the Near East, and the present and future of food sovereignty in Bronzeville.

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Indigofera is at the root of a fruitful friendship between three land stewards and natural dyers in the DMV area. Sun English Jr., Kenya Miles, and Rosa Chang walk us through the spiritual, medicinal, and historical elements of indigo dyeing. In this episode, we discuss how caring for this plant helps us connect to our ancestors and the soil through craft and stewardship.

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Radical Nourishment is a deep dive into the stories of foodshed communities around the U.S. growing in strength and power as they reclaim sovereignty and self-determination in ways big and small. Co-created by Food Culture Collective and HEAL Food Alliance, two organizations leading food sovereignty and land justice work in the U.S., the podcast activates liberatory narratives that ground us in an irresistible future.

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