EP. 25: Black Farming Vibes in the Delta: Three Wise Men
Description
While visiting Greenville, Mississippi, we asked farmer and food justice elder Mama D (our mother, Ms. Demalda Newsome) to co-produce an episode about the farmers of the Delta. This is the first of multiple episodes about Black Farming Vibes in the Delta, we hope!
FEATURING:
7:26 - Ms. Demalda Newsome interviews Kevion Devanté Young, CTE Diversified Agriculture instructor (Leland, MS)
23:21 - Owen Taylor interviews Mr. Rufus Newsome, Newsome Community Farms, Greenville, MS
49:20 - Owen and our son Bryan record animal sounds and talk about the surrounding farm fields, Greenville, MS
54:05 - Rufus and Demalda Newsome interview Mr. Elgin Johnson, farmer and wood seller in Greenville, MS
SEED AND PLANT STORIES TOLD IN THIS EPISODE:
MORE INFO FROM THIS EPISODE:
- Kevion Devanté (Linktree)
- Rufus and Demalda Newsome on Seeds and their People, episode 4, February 2020
- Newsome Community Farm on YouTube, 2008
- Newsome Community Farm (in Tulsa, OK), Guardian article, 2016
- Visit Mr. Elgin Johnson for greens and firewood on Highway 1 at Short Irene in Greenville, MS.
ABOUT:
Seeds And Their People is a radio show where we feature seed stories told by the people who truly love them. Hosted by Owen Taylor of Truelove Seeds and Chris Bolden-Newsome of Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram’s Garden.
trueloveseeds.com/blogs/satpradio
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Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram’s Garden
THANKS TO:
- Demalda Newsome for coproducing, cohosting, and interviewing
- Rufus Newsome for interviewing and being interviewed
- Kevion Devanté and Elgin Johnson for being interviewed
- Bryan for helping Owen with editing ideas during animal noise section
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