#191: When the Pulpit Meets the Soil: The Church as a Food Hub
In this episode Melissa L. Jones welcomes back Pastor Heber Brown III — founder of the Black Church Food Security Network — eleven years int...
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Edible Activist Podcast
Melissa Jones is the creator + founder of FoodTalksDC, a platform that creates space for people of color to share food narratives that stem from the land. She travels the D.C. area and beyon...
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20 of 192 episodes#190: The Community Creates the Market: Brooklyn Supported Agriculture
The community creates the market! For Chef Mu that is not a tagline -- it is what he witnesses every time he shows up. In this episode, Meli...
#189: Nana Kumi: The Land Remembers
The land remembers. And Nana listening. In this episode, Melissa L. Jones sits down with Nana Kumi, a queer Black southern artist, filmmaker...
#188: Growing Resilience in the South with Sade Meeks
Some of the most powerful lessons come from the most ordinary moments — a grandmother's garden, a Sunday dinner table, a bowl of grits. Meli...
#187: Designing a Just Food Future with Dr. Celeste Davis
Host Melissa L. Jones sits down with Dr. Celeste Davis—public health educator, design strategist, and director of the Public Health Scholars...
#186: From Lineage to Land: Umi’s Journey of Ancestral Farming
Returning-generation farmer and community herbalist Bianca “Umi” Anthony shares how she’s reclaiming seven acres of her family’s 1950s land...
#185: Nurturing Our Seeds: Detroit Roots, Community Power
Erin Cole, founder of Nurturing Our Seeds in Detroit, shares how a porch-side safety moment on Helen Street—mowing vacant lots for elders—gr...
#184: SWAP: Fashioning Environmental Justice with Zsameria Rayford
From living-room swaps to a decade of citywide pop-ups, Zsameria Rayford’s SWAP DC → SWAP Universe shows how style and sustainability move t...
#183: SiStained8: From Kitchen Scraps to Living Soil
Najwa Womack, founder of SiStained8 in Washington, D.C., traces her path from early nature moments to teaching compost as the art of growing...
#182: Black Cotton and the Power of Legacy with Julius Tillery
Cotton has long been a cornerstone of American agriculture and culture. Julius Tillery, a fifth-generation cotton farmer and founder of Blac...
#181: Roots, Recipes & Storytelling with Antoinette Johnson
Chef, storyteller, and advocate Antoinette Johnson takes us back to her Black Southern roots, where family traditions and community gatherin...
#180: From the Kitchen to the Soil with Chef Marly
After a traumatic brain injury in 2014, Chef Marly — a classically trained chef and Washington native — found healing in an unexpected place...
#179: Melon Nation
In this episode of Edible Activist, Melissa sits down with Kenny and Cutt, the co-founders of Melon Nation — two Black farmers and agricultu...
#178: The Bodega Bites with Ora Kemp
Ora Kemp, creator of The Bodega Bites, is on a mission to make sure everyone’s eatin’. As a 2025 Castanea Fellow and Senior Policy Advisor w...
#177: Intelligent Mischief: Shaping Black Futures
What would our world look like if Black imagination led the way? In this episode, Artistic Director Aisha Shillingford of Intelligent Mischi...
#176: Demi Unique: Telling Stories Through Style, Flavor and Food
Chef Demi Unique approaches food as art, memory, and ancestral tribute. Trained at both the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising and...
#175: Regenerating Food & Health at Konterra Life Farms
In this episode, Melissa sit down with Kela, a farmer and founder of Konterra Life Farms in Maryland. Kela is deeply rooted in regenerative,...
#174: Mushrooms, Justice, and the Future of Food with Eight Fold Farms DC
In this episode of The Edible Activist, Melissa sits down with JR, founder and CEO of EightFold Farms DC, a network of hyperlocal urban farm...
#173: Bees & Seeds at Châteaux Cocoa
In this episode, we sit down with Darrelynne Strother, founder of Châteaux Cocoa, where wellness takes root through gardening, beekeeping, a...
#172: Fried Chicken & Caviar: Reclaiming Luxury with Chi Walker
In this episode, we sit down with Chi Walker—creative force, culinary curator, and one-half of the duo behind Fried Chicken and Caviar, the...