Bioneers: Revolution From the Heart of Nature

Native American students face racism throughout their education, from racist mascots to the historical erasure of the American genocide from textbooks. In this passionate conversation, Indigenous Rights Activists Dahkota Brown, Chiitaanibah Johnson, Jayden Lim, and Naelyn Pike share stories of their own experiences and how they are working to abolish racism in schools. 

We’re a Culture Not a Costume: Fighting Racism in Schools

Under the Skin We're All Kin: Reading the Minds of Animals

Native American students face racism throughout their education, from racist mascots to the historical erasure of the American genocide from textbooks. In this 

The influences of Africans and Black Americans on food and agriculture is rooted in ancestral African knowledge and traditions of shared labor, worker co-ops and botanical polycultures. 

In this episode, we hear from Karen Washington and Bryant Terry on how Black Food culture is weaving the threads of a rich African agricultural heritage with the liberation of economics from an extractive corporate food oligarchy. The results can be health, conviviality, community wealth, and the power of self-determination.



Featuring

⁠Karen Washington⁠, co-owner/farmer of ⁠Rise & Root Farm⁠, has been a legendary activist in the community gardening movement since 1985. Renowned for turning empty Bronx lots into verdant spaces, Karen is: a former President of the NYC Community Garden Coalition; a board member of: the NY Botanical Gardens, Why Hunger, and NYC Farm School; a co-founder of Black Urban Growers (BUGS); and a pioneering force in establishing urban farmers’ markets.

⁠Bryant Terry⁠ is the Chef-in-Residence of MOAD, the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco, and an award-winning author of a number of books that reimagine soul food and African cuisine within a vegan context. His latest book is ⁠Black Food: Stories, Art and Recipes from Across the African Diaspora⁠. 

Credits


  
Executive Producer: Kenny Ausubel

  
Written by: Kenny Ausubel and Arty Mangan

  
Senior Producer and Station Relations: Stephanie Welch

  
Program Engineer and Music Supervisor: Emily Harris

  
Producer: Teo Grossman

  
Host and Consulting Producer: Neil Harvey

  
Production Assistance: Monica Lopez

  
Additional music: ⁠Ketsa⁠



Resources

⁠The Farmer and the Chef: A Conversation Between Two Black Food Justice Activists⁠

⁠Karen Washington – 911 Our Food System Is Not Working⁠

⁠Working Against Racism in the Food System⁠

⁠Black Food: An Interview with Chef Bryant Terry⁠

⁠The Food Web Newsletter⁠



This is an episode of the Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature series. Visit the ⁠radio and podcast homepage⁠ to learn more.

Black Food: Liberation, Food Justice and Stewardship | Karen Washington & Bryant Terry

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