Brother Tommy Joshua Caison, co-founder and Director of the North Philly Peace Park talks about transformative healing and fence free food forests within this African American community.
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Yoruba Orisa Tradition in Practice
Babalawo, Priest of Ifa Enroue Halfkenny, Onigbana Sangofemi (and husband of host Tagan Engel ;-) shares an overview of the traditional religion of the Yoruba people, and what it looks like in daily life. He speaks on this indigenous African tradition as a path towards personal and communal healing and a wholistic framework for healing our broken society.
Rebroadcast: Maple Moon, City Tree Tapping & Grits n' Gravy
Rebroadcast of a three part show from 2017: Mohegan Maple Moon with Rachel Sayet - Tapping trees in the city with 8 year old Sam - and Marshall Cruz shares his wild story of how he started cooking and dreaming of a Grits n' Gravy food truck.
Growing Compost in the City
Entrepreneur Domingo Medina, on addressing climate crisis through Peels & Wheels Compost - his bike, solar, and people powered composting business.
A Community of Food Entrepreneurs Grows In Bridgeport with a Pinch Of Salt
Guests from A Pinch of Salt, Dave’s Angry Sauce, and Love Breakfast talk about their passions for food, supporting Black and Brown owned food businesses, and spreading their fresh food love to everyone.
The POWER OF SOUP with Sopa! and Soup & Salaam
Guests Eric Rey and Sumiya Khan talk about their two ventures which use soup as a vehicle for sharing culture, building community, and supporting entrepreneurship in New Haven, CT.
Farming While Black
Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm on her new book Farming While Black, the Afro-Indigenous roots of sustainable agriculture and the work of supporting people of color in finding liberation on land.
Three Fab Food Folks - Live Show
Three enthusiastic New Haven, CT food system change agents share their personal journeys, as well as their visions and practices for transformative change...oh and pulses, pirogies and Guatemalan black beans too... with Guests Latha Swamy, Genesis Vicente, and Austin Bryniarski.
Hood Health
Co-Editor of The Hood Health Handbook Alife Allah on health wisdom from and for Black & Brown communities, systemic change, hip hop as inspiration, playing in the park, and his journey into health justice work.
75th Anniversary of an Uprising: Reflecting on my Grandparent's Escape from Sobibor
Host Tagan Engel speaks with her husband Enroue Halfkenny, a healer and therapist about her recent trip to Poland to mark the 75th Anniversary of the mass uprising, and her grandparents escape from the Nazi death camp Sobibor.
Fighting for Micro Food Businesses
Pie baker and serial entrepreneur Mubarakah Ibrahim is on a mission to fix local policies to support micro-food businesses like her's. With a step by step conversation on how to start a food business, and being the change you want to see!
4 Teens on Race & Education in Schools
Four New Haven, CT Public School students share their experiences and insights on how race shows up in schools and how it impacts their lives and learning. With guests: Briyana, Benny, Sebastian and Mia.
Pottery Beast - Roberto Lugo
Talented ceramic artist Rob Lugo speaks on his incredible journey from graffiti to the pottery wheel, the importance of seeing people of color in art, and his inspirations as an Afro-Latino from Kensington, Philly.
Girl Power Books
10 year-old girl, Tomistela Engel-Halfkenny shares her favorite books featuring inspiring girls and women including many black and brown women in HERstory... and how reading them impacts her view of herself.
THE FOOD SQUAD: Summer Food Finds (Live Show) 2018 Update
Four fab food lovers, dish on Summer Food Finds in CT... an outrageous ice cream trail, vegan soft serve, Pow Wow foods, a chef’s adventures with his daughters, BBQ, tacos and more! With guests Babz Rawls Ivy, Rachel Sayet, and Franco Comacho.
Caribbean Restaurant Week 2018 | New Haven, CT June 17-23
Guests Kay Holness and Nadine Nelson dig into delicious food from restaurants featured in the first ever New Haven, CT Caribbean Restaurant Week. We talk flavors, culinary history and food as a great connector for overcoming an anti-immigrant climate.
Greg Smith Finds His Way Through Food
Greg Smith talks about finding his purpose and joy in food, and the impact the ConnCAT Culinary Arts program had on him as a black man trying to find supports to live a vibrant life and better the community around him.
Punishment & Racial Bias In Schools: One mom’s story of fighting for her son’s rights and education
AN EDUCATION PROJECT STORY: Guest Kia Levey-Burden shares her struggles with a school district punishing her son due to his learning needs and race.
Liberation Cuisine | Cooking in Solidarity with Puerto Rico & Beyond
Chef Gabriela Alvarez of Liberation Cuisine shares her journey into food, cooking for social justice movements and solidarity work in Puerto Rico. Feat: music by Taina Asili & La Banda Rebelde.
LoveFed & LoveLed
The LoveFed duo share inspiring stories about their great grandparents seeding their passion for gardening and their new vision for transforming lives and communities one home garden at a time.