#198: Good Ground: Roots & Revolution

Edible Activist Podcast by Melissa L. Jones

Jul 29, 202600:42:39Arts

DeVonne Jackson Perez left a decade in television production to become an urban farmer — and she has never looked back. In this conversation, the founder of Good Ground Farm takes us from a childhood spent collecting wor...

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