Shows
Herbal RadioRerelease: Uprooting Racism & Seeding Sovereignty | Featuring Leah Penniman & Lulu MoyoIn honor of Everything You Didn't Know About Herbalism officially turning one year old, we are resharing the first-ever episode we released on the series! Featuring Leah Penniman and Lulu Moyo, tune in as we revisit this crucial conversation surrounding the injustices within our food systems and Leah and Lulu's collective goal towards growing lasting change. The Herbal Radio team extends our heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of you for listening and learning with us each week from such an esteemed group of experts within their fields. Now, on with the show! This week on E...2025-05-3048 min
Growing For Market PodcastLeah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm in New York on land access, soil health, seed keeping and more!In this interview Leah Penniman tells us why and how she started Soul Fire Farm, along with what she would do differently for those starting out or starting over. She discusses her most recent book, Black Earth Wisdom, and the recent adaptation of her first book, Farming While Black, into a documentary movie of the same title. She discusses how, in 1910, about 14% of farms in the United States were Black-owned, compared with about 2% today, and how her books are an effort to help Black farmers reconnect with their agricultural heritage and reclaim it from racism, discrimination and dispossession.2024-12-1742 min
The Farm ReportFarm Report: Live Panel Discussion with Young FarmersThe Farm Report: Live!In collaboration with HRN and the National Young Farmers Coalition, Following a screening of the documentary "Common Ground" Leigh Ollman moderates a spirited conversation about the future of farming with guests Michelle A.T Hughes, Chirs Nickell and Leah Penniman. Chris Nickell (Finca Seremos)- Chris Nickell (they/them) is a community organizer and land steward. With previous work experience in academia, labor organizing, and state government, Chris turned to agriculture in 2022. They farmed vegetables and offered public programming at Stone Barns Center in 2022 and served as crew leader a...2024-10-2445 min
We Can Be podcast - The Heinz EndowmentsLeah Penniman “Farming While Black” author, Soul Fire Farm cofounder & Heinz Award honoree (S05E03)Leah Penniman, “Farming While Black” author, co-founder of Soul Fire Farm and Heinz Award for the Economy honoree has a deep commitment to sharing regenerative farming best practices and land stewardship with Black, Indigenous and people of color. Addressing racism and injustice in the food system is a central focus of her work.
“When I was a young farmer growing up in the mid-90s and attending agricultural conferences and trainings,” Leah tells host Chris DeCardy, “it was very rare to see someone who looked like me or reflected my heritage, especially among leaders and experts.”
Based in P...2024-09-1132 min
Digging In The Dirt with Kevin GallagherLeah Penniman Author - Black Earth Wisdom 2024Leah Penniman, author of Farming While Black and co-founder of Soul Fire Farm. She is a Black Kreyol farmer, author, mother, and food justice activist who has been tending the soil and organizing for an anti-racist food system for 25 years.Leah returns to DITD to talk to me about her new book that is called Black Earth Wisdom - soulful conversations with black environmentalists. It’s been said that Leah weaves together the lessons from today’s most respected Black environmentalists, those who have cultivated the skill of listening to the lessons that Earth has whispered to them....2024-08-1226 min
If I Ruled the World by Gillian Burke21: I would give INDIGENOUS nations a voice: Leah Penniman (Soul Fire Farm)“Indigeneity is ancient, but it’s also present and future.” Today, we explore the profound connection between humanity and the natural world. Gillian is joined by Leah Penniman, a dedicated farmer, soil enthusiast, mother, and co-founder of the Afro-Indigenous Centered Community Farm in New York State, known as Soul Fire Farm.Key TakeawaysRevisiting Youthful Idealism:Hear a powerful recording from Leah’s high school graduation speech, questioning the motivations behind our life choices and our impact on the planet.Reflections on Personal and Social Identity:Leah discusses her unique experiences as a bla...2024-07-261h 22
Digging In The Dirt with Kevin Gallagher"Farming while Black" Leah Penniman - Digging in the DirtMy guest on this ‘Digging in the dirt’ is Leah Penniman a Farmer and Co -Director and Program Manager of Soul Fire farm in upstate New York is author of the new book “Farming while Black”. A comprehensive “how to” guide that is specifically aimed at African-heritage growers seeking healthy food independence and reclaiming their place in American Agriculture.Karen Washington founder of the Garden of Happiness in the Bronx and the national organization of Black Urban Growers, says'Farming while Black' encourages us to reach for greatest and settle for nothing less. Know your history. Share and tell our...2024-07-1928 min
Herbal RadioUprooting Racism & Seeding Sovereignty | Featuring Leah Penniman & Lulu MoyoThis week for the first episode of Everything You Didn’t Know About Herbalism, we proudly bring you an impactful and galvanizing conversation with two individuals leading the way toward a future of harmony and equity within our food systems. Leah Penniman, the Co-Founder of Soul Fire Farm, and Lulu Moyo, the Co-Director of the Braiding Seeds Fellowship, join us for a thought-provoking conversation surrounding the injustices and deep-rooted racism we continue to face within our food systems today, and their combined missions to facilitate powerful food sovereignty programs and hands-on farming opportunities to train the next generation of ac...2024-06-2149 min
DisruptedBlack Americans are reclaiming their relationship with natureThis hour, we are taking a look at how race has impacted agriculture and the environmental movement. Leah Penniman, Co-Executive Director and Farm Director at Soul Fire Farm, talks about her book Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists. The discussion touches on everything from Leah's childhood to how the creation of some of the most prominent national parks in the U.S. is linked to the eugenics movement. And Dr. Dorceta Taylor, a professor at the Yale School of the Environment, explains what environmental justice is, and why we need to think about marginalized communities when we...2024-04-2448 min
DisruptedOur 2023 favorites: Black Americans are reclaiming their relationship with natureThe Disrupted team is welcoming the new year by choosing a few of the episodes we loved from 2023. We have so many favorites that we couldn't reair all of them, but these are a few that we wanted to listen back to. This week, our host Khalilah Brown-Dean chose our episode on how race has impacted agriculture and the environmental movement. Leah Penniman, Co-Executive Director and Farm Director at Soul Fire Farm, talks about her new book Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists. The discussion touches on everything from Leah's childhood to how the creation...2023-12-2749 min
DisruptedBlack Americans are reclaiming their relationship with natureThis hour, we are taking a look at how race has impacted agriculture and the environmental movement. Leah Penniman, Co-Executive Director and Farm Director at Soul Fire Farm, talks about her new book Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists. The discussion touches on everything from Leah's childhood to how the creation of some of the most prominent national parks in the U.S. is linked to the eugenics movement. And Dr. Dorceta Taylor, a professor at the Yale School of the Environment, explains what environmental justice is, and why we need to think about marginalized communities when...2023-07-2649 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeLeah Penniman and Black Earth Wisdom
Leah Penniman
In 2018 Leah Penniman wrote Farming While Black, a beautiful book recounting her experience of building Soul Fire Farm and, also, a guide for other Black and Indigenous people looking to reconnect to the land. Now Leah has compiled a treasure trove of conversations that she's had with other Black people who work in harmony with the Earth. Black Earth Wisdom brings together the voices of these leaders in service of guiding us all to a deeper connection with the land, with it's place in all of our lives, and the necessity of rebuilding t...2023-05-1639 min
WPKN Community RadioLeah Penniman Black Earth WisdomLeah Penniman, author of Farming While Black and co-founder of Soul Fire Farm. She is a Black Kreyol farmer, author, mother, and food justice activist who has been tending the soil and organizing for an anti-racist food system for 25 years.
Leah returns to DITD to talk to me about her new book that is called
Black Earth Wisdom - soulful conversations with black environmentalists. It’s been said that Leah weaves together the lessons from today’s most respected Black environmentalists, those who have cultivated the skill of listening to the lessons that Earth has whispered to them.2023-05-1526 min
Frontiers of Commoning, with David BollierLeah Penniman on 'Black Earth Wisdom'Leah Penniman, cofounder of Soul Fire Farm in the Hudson Valley, New York, showcases the history of African-American farming and Indigenous land traditions in her new book 'Black Earth Wisdom' in which sixteen Black elders of various backgrounds discuss the intertwined fate of the earth and our spiritual lives. The book brings attention to often-neglected protectors of the Earth such as enslaved herbalists, seeds-savers, scientist-mystics like George Washington Carter, artists, musicians, poets, and earth-centered religious traditions. More about the commons: www.Bollier.org. PDF transcript of this interview: https://www.bollier.org/files/misc-file-upload/files/Leah_Penniman_transcript_Episode_38.pdf2023-05-0152 min
Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg (by Food Tank)373. Leah Penniman on the Earth as Text, Teacher, and KinOn "Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg" Dani speaks with Leah Penniman, a farmer, author, and food systems advocate who just released her new book Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists. They discuss the power of listening to and learning from the earth, the urgency of the environmental justice movement, and the process of leaning into collaboration and co-creation. This conversation was part of a live, virtual event available only to Food Tank members, which featured a special Q&A session not included in the episode. To access these discussions and have the chance to pose your own qu...2023-04-2046 min
6.5 Minutes With... | C216.5 Minutes With... | Leah PennimanLeah Penniman, co-founder and co-director of Soul Fire Farm, talks about Black Earth Wisdom - Penniman's newest collection of essays and interviews that speaks to the multidimensional scientific and spiritual expertise of Black environmentalists.2023-04-1707 min
Common Ground RadioCommon Ground Radio 3/13/23: Black Earth WisdomProducers/Hosts: Holli Cederholm and Clare Boland Editor: Clare Boland Common Ground Radio is an hour-long discussion of local food and organic agriculture with people here in the state of Maine and beyond. This month: In the April 2023 episode of MOFGA’s Common Ground Radio, host Holli Cederholm discusses “Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists” with Leah Penniman, farm director/co-executive director of Soul Fire Farm and author of “Farming While Black,” and Rue Mapp, founder of Outdoor Afro and author of “Nature Swagger: Stories and Visions of Black Joy in the Outdoors.” “Black Earth Wisdom” is a newly released book of...2023-04-1358 min
Rewriting the Rules®Black People Don't Use Measuring Spoons ft. Leah PennimanSend us a text‘Black People Don’t Use Measuring Spoons’ is the third installment of our Women’s History Month series. In this episode, Tracine talks to Leah Penniman, a Black Kreyol farmer, mother, soil nerd, author and food justice activist from Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, New York. Together, they explore the connections that Black communities, Indigenous Communities, and Communities of color have to land and the land has to us. Leah is the author of Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land (released in 2018) and Black Eart...2023-03-3041 min
Embark On The Full Audiobook That Keeps Story Seekers Hooked.Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists by Leah PennimanPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612318to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists
Author: Leah Penniman
Narrator: Landon Woodson, Janina Edwards, Karen Chilton, William Andrew Quinn
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 54 minutes
Release date: February 28, 2023
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
A soulful collection of illuminating essays and interviews that explore Black people’s spiritual and scientific connection to the land, waters, and climate, curated by the acclaimed author of Farming While Black Author of Farming While Black and co-founder of Soul Fire Farm, Leah Penniman reminds us that ec...2023-02-2811h 54
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Animals & NatureBlack Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists by Leah PennimanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612318 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists Author: Leah Penniman Narrator: Landon Woodson, Janina Edwards, Karen Chilton, William Andrew Quinn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Animals & Nature Publisher's Summary: A soulful collection of illuminating essays and interviews that explore Black people’s spiritual and scientific connection to the land, waters, and climate, curated by the acclaimed author of Farming While Black Author of Farming While Black and co-founder of Soul Fire Farm, Leah Penniman reminds us th...2023-02-2805 minExplore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Animals & NatureBlack Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists by Leah PennimanPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612318to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists
Author: Leah Penniman
Narrator: Landon Woodson, Janina Edwards, Karen Chilton, William Andrew Quinn
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 54 minutes
Release date: February 28, 2023
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
A soulful collection of illuminating essays and interviews that explore Black people’s spiritual and scientific connection to the land, waters, and climate, curated by the acclaimed author of Farming While Black Author of Farming While Black and co-founder of Soul Fire Farm, Leah Penniman reminds us that ec...2023-02-2811h 54
Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Health & Wellness, Mindfulness & MeditationBlack Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists by Leah PennimanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612318 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists Author: Leah Penniman Narrator: Landon Woodson, Janina Edwards, Karen Chilton, William Andrew Quinn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Mindfulness & Meditation Publisher's Summary: A soulful collection of illuminating essays and interviews that explore Black people’s spiritual and scientific connection to the land, waters, and climate, curated by the acclaimed author of Farming While Black Author of Farming While Black and co-founder of Soul Fire Farm, Leah Penniman reminds us th...2023-02-2805 minListen to Best Full Audiobooks in Health & Wellness, Mindfulness & MeditationBlack Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists by Leah PennimanPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612318to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists
Author: Leah Penniman
Narrator: Landon Woodson, Janina Edwards, Karen Chilton, William Andrew Quinn
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 54 minutes
Release date: February 28, 2023
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Mindfulness & Meditation
Publisher's Summary:
A soulful collection of illuminating essays and interviews that explore Black people’s spiritual and scientific connection to the land, waters, and climate, curated by the acclaimed author of Farming While Black Author of Farming While Black and co-founder of Soul Fire Farm, Leah Penniman reminds us that ec...2023-02-2811h 54Listen to New Full Audiobooks in Health & Wellness, Medicine & NaturopathyBlack Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists by Leah PennimanPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612318to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists
Author: Leah Penniman
Narrator: Landon Woodson, Janina Edwards, Karen Chilton, William Andrew Quinn
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 54 minutes
Release date: February 28, 2023
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Medicine & Naturopathy
Publisher's Summary:
A soulful collection of illuminating essays and interviews that explore Black people’s spiritual and scientific connection to the land, waters, and climate, curated by the acclaimed author of Farming While Black Author of Farming While Black and co-founder of Soul Fire Farm, Leah Penniman reminds us that ec...2023-02-2811h 54
Black Earth PodcastLove, farming and food justice with Leah PennimanLeah Penniman is a Black Kreyol farmer, mother, soil nerd, author, and food justice activist from Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, New York. She co-founded Soul Fire Farm in 2010 with the mission to end racism in the food system and reclaim black people’s ancestral connection to land. In this episode, I speak with Leah about her personal journey into farming and what it means to cultivate a healthy and just relationship with land through farming. Throughout this inspiring conversation, we celebrate the contributions of black farmers and black growers in America and around the...2023-02-2243 min
Roots Watering Hole Podcast SeriesLeah Penniman Roots Watering Hole Trailer and Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists PromotionThis is a very short trailer and announcement about Leah Penniman's new book out February 28, 2023. The full episode of our session won't drop until May 2023 when Dr. Akilah and I will devote the entire month to Black farmers and gardeners. Leah's new book is so exciting we wanted to let our audience and networks know that is coming out soon. Please share with your networks and consider purchasing this important new work, Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists.For more also see the Soul Fire Farm website. Scroll down while you are on the site a...2023-02-2104 min
Commons GroundswellRekindling Our Ability to Hear The EarthEpisode Notes
In this conversation, Leah Penniman shares about her new book, Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists, the inspiration for writing it, and wisdom she learned in the process. We talk about the cultural and spiritual shift that is needed to address the ecological crisis of this moment, and the joy and liberation that come when engaging directly with nature in a culturally meaningful way.
About Leah Penniman (bio from www.soulfirefarm.org):
Leah Penniman (all pronouns) is a Black Kreyol farmer, mother, soil nerd, author, and food justice activist from Soul...2023-02-2150 min
AirGoThrough the Portal Episode 5 - Climate Justice with Leah PennimanThrough the Portal is a podcast from the Social Justice Portal Project, a national collaborative think tank hosted by the Social Justice Initiative at the University of Illinois Chicago. Each month, grassroots activists and radical scholars will give voice to community struggles, national strategies and sustainable alternatives for the future. The guest speakers, who are also Portal Project participants, explore what it means to walk through the portal of the current moment by centering racial and social justice issues. On the final episode of the series, Dame and Teresa are joined by the brilliant Leah Penniman. A leading voice in...2022-09-2250 min
Real Organic PodcastLeah Penniman: Ecological Healing Means Putting Land Back Into Indigenous Hands#055: With a ticking clock and many obstacles facing the earth, activist farmer Leah Penniman continues to remind us that that the most-effective solutions always come from those closest to the problems. Here she shares her sense of hope for solving climate and justice issues before time runs out, inspired by the incredible energy and level of organization the younger BIPOC generation is bringing forth - and argues for the importance of installing them into leadership positions across our movements. Leah Penniman is a longtime food sovereignty organizer and the author of Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s...2022-03-1536 min
The Positively Green PodcastFarming while Black with Leah Penniman of Soul Fire FarmLeah Penniman, mother, farmer, ordained spiritual teacher, and author co-founded Soul Fire Farm, an 80-acre farm in New York, with the mission of reclaiming the inherent right to belong to the earth and have agency in the food system for Black and Brown people. She has led thousands through farmer training, on her 80-acre farm in New York and internationally in Mexico, Haiti, and Ghana, building solidarity with different communities to strengthen local food systems. Leah’s book “Farming While Black” is a love song for the earth and her peoples. During this episode, we hear Leah...2022-02-1446 min
Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get FreeLand Justice & Liberation with Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm
For many Black Americans the land itself is the scene of the crime. That legacy of slavery has dramatically impacted the relationship that many Black Americans have with the land.
Food and land justice activist Leah Penniman is working to change that.
A founder of Soul Fire Farm and the author of Farming While Black, Leah has made it her mission in life to reconnect Black and Brown people with the land.
In this conversation Leah and I talk about not only how the legacy of slavery is still seen in co...2022-01-2539 min
Road to RepairHeal the Soil, Heal Our Economy with Leah PennimanFrom the personal to the systemic, this episode explores how the foundation of our economy and our ecology, the soil under our feet, serves as a powerful reference point for repair and transformation and how institutions serving BIPOC communities are leveraging this “grounded” approach.Highlights:• Celebrating the rapid progress that has been achieved this past decade through the collaboration of organizations young and old serving BIPOC food and farming ecosystems and seeking to end racism in the food system.• Leah unpacks the concept of “ecological humility” and how we might apply and learn from it2022-01-0848 min
Herbal RadioMeet the Herbalist with Bevin Clare | Featuring Leah PennimanDiversity is resiliency. Plain and simple. In this episode of Herbal Radio, Bevin Clare and Leah Penniman explore food sovereignty and actionable steps anyone can take to create positive change in the world. Leah serves as Co-Director and Farm Manager of Soul Fire Farm, founded in 2010. She has over 20 years of experience as a soil steward and food sovereignty activist, having worked at the Food Project, Farm School, Many Hands Organic Farm, Youth Grow and with farmers internationally in Ghana, Haiti, and Mexico. She sees momentum around young people of color returning to the land, engaging in agriculture. That’s one re...2021-12-1638 min
The Climate DailyClimate Champs Leah & Naima Penniman, Conservation Through Poverty Alleviation, Kids for Saving Earth!Meet Climate Champions Leah Penniman and Naima Penniman. Plus getting to know Conservation Through Poverty Alleviation International, and Kids for Saving Earth! 2021-11-1209 min
A Matter of DegreesHealing the Soil, Healing OurselvesAbuse of soil, the atmosphere and communities of color have gone hand in hand. Through reclaiming ancestral connection to the soil, Black farmers are healing the entangled harms of colonization, capitalism, and White supremacy and moving agricultural climate solutions forward in the process. In this episode, we feature an audio essay that wrestles with these themes. The essay is titled “Black Gold” by Leah Penniman, an activist, farmer, and founder of Soul Fire Farm. As Leah puts it: “In healing our relationship with soil, we heal the climate, and we heal ourselves.”This is an exce...2021-07-1937 minA Matter of DegreesHealing the Soil, Healing OurselvesAbuse of soil, the atmosphere, and communities of color have gone hand in hand. Through reclaiming ancestral connection to the soil, Black farmers are healing the entangled harms of colonization, capitalism, and White supremacy and moving agricultural climate solutions forward in the process. In this episode, we feature an audio essay that wrestles with these themes. The essay is titled “Black Gold” by Leah Penniman, an activist, farmer, and founder of Soul Fire Farm. As Leah puts it: “In healing our relationship with soil, we heal the climate, and we heal ourselves.”This is an exce...2021-07-1937 min
To The PeopleSave Yourself, Save the Planet ft. Leah Penniman, Co-Founder of Soul Fire FarmAre you ready to go deep today? Maybe a little spiritual? For this episode, we’re pulling inspiration from the concept of deep ecology—an approach that involves reconfiguring our systems in order to preserve ecological and cultural diversity. We have a physical and energetic connection between ourselves and the planet, and our wellbeing and the earth’s wellbeing are inextricably tied, and we’ll talk about that—and the mutual healing of both the land and the communities who live there—today with Leah Penniman, co-founder of Soul Fire Farm.2021-07-1431 minReal Organic PodcastLeah Penniman: Revolution Based on Land#004: Activist, organizer, farmer and educator Leah Penniman shares the history of food apartheid and land grabbing in the United States and discusses how the same practices are in play across the globe today, endangering the very existence of all species. Leah Penniman is a longtime food sovereignty organizer and the author of Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Decolonizing Land, Food, and Agriculture. She is the Co-Founder, Co-Director and Programs Manager at Soul Fire Farm in upstate New York and is the recipient of a James Beard Leadership Award, a Fulbright Distinguished Award in Te...2021-06-171h 00
The Emergent Strategy PodcastEarth: A Primary Source and Relative with Leah Penniman"For most of human history, the way that we got our information -- we read the stars, we read the weather, we read the directionality of the migration of the birds...there was a way we were very versed in the primary source of earth," said Leah Penniman, Co-director and Farm Manager of the beloved Soul Fire Farm. Penniman is also the author of Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land. This week on the Emergent Strategy Podcast, Mia and Leah talk about spirituality as it pertains to the land, adaptation during the...2021-06-1058 min
Making Permaculture StrongerLeah Penniman from Soul Fire Farm on Permaculture, Decolonisation, and Re-IndigenisingIt was a deep honour to have Leah Penniman from Soul Fire Farm join me for this conversation. Along with Leah's beautiful sharing, I was grateful for the feelings the conversation evoked (many of which only emerged when I listened to our chat again afterwards). I feel like I gained some powerful waypoints in navigating the journey back home. A journey I'm sure I'm not alone in craving.
I also appreciated hearing the heartache Leah has around certain patterns she perceives permaculture to be perpetuating. My focus in the conversation was about inviting and engaging with Leah's perspective. A perspective...2021-05-2354 min
The Atlanta Foodcast: A Food PodcastSummit Replay: Leah Penniman & Matthew RaifordFor this week’s episode, we’re excited to bring you a rich conversation and Q&A between two paramount leaders in food sovereignty and farming: Leah Penniman and Matthew Raiford. This segment is a replay from our recent Eighth Annual Farm to School Summit. Before we get started, a few Georgia Organics’ announcements! Mark your calendars! We’re celebrating farmers, virtually, on Thursday, May 27 for Georgia Organics’ Annual Awards! You can learn more at georgiaorganics.org/awards, this is a FREE member event celebrating all-star farmers in Georgia. And get ready to party for...2021-05-121h 08
Dive-In-JusticeDIJ Ep 6: From Forests to Food, Beneficial Boundaries, and Breaking Bad Barriers w Leah PennimanDelma and Shadiin dive into the story behind Leah Penniman’s work with SoulFire Farm that goes far beyond food production. They talk spiritual practice, solidarity, land rights, ancestral work, and intergenerational pettiness. Threads of family and place flow throughout. Leah Penniman is a Black Creole farmer, author, mother, and food justice activist maintaining the soil and organizing for an anti-racist food system for over 20 years. She currently serves as founding co-executive director of SoulFire Farm in Grafton, New York. Her book is Farming While Black. Find her at https://www.soulfirefarm.org/ 2021-05-0737 min
How to Survive the End of the WorldSibling Miniseries #1: Naima and LeahThe Brown sisters kick off our sibling interview miniseries with sisters Naima and Leah Penniman, radical farmers and writers who share reflections on their political journeys and family shaping.
TRANSCRIPT
Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg
HTS ESSENTIALS
SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow
PEEP us on IG
https://www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/
TWEET @ us
https://twitter.com/endoftheworldPC2021-04-291h 16
The Dr. Hyman ShowHow Food, Farming, And Health Disparities Are InterconnectedHow Food, Farming, And Health Disparities Are Interconnected | This episode is brought to you by BetterHelpRacial and ethnic disparities are sadly alive and well when it comes to health outcomes, land ownership, and how food is grown in the US. White farmers are at an overwhelming advantage when it comes to owning land and they see the greatest benefit from the 97% of the income generated by it. Additionally, lack of access to land and fresh food is a form of oppression that sets communities up for generational illness and strife. These are serious racial and...2021-04-0219 min
Reversing Climate ChangeS2E57: Farming While Black: race and regenerative agriculture—w/ Leah Penniman of Soul Fire FarmsRegenerative agriculture is sometimes branded as a new idea. But the tradition of maintaining soil carbon and honoring the earth, of leaving the land better than we found it, has been part of indigenous traditions for thousands of years. So, what can we do to re-center the stories of Black and Native American growers and give credit where credit is due?
Leah Penniman is the Co-Director and Farm Manager at Soul Fire Farm, an Afro-Indigenous-centered community farm committed to uprooting racism and seeding sovereignty in the food system. Leah has 20-plus years of experience as a soil...2021-03-3034 min
The WorkWell Podcast™Leah Penniman on farming for social justiceMany who live in urban areas, often BIPOC communities, don’t have access to the fresh produce that is so important to a healthy diet. How can we tackle this inequity? In this episode Jen Fisher talks with Leah Penniman, co-founder of Soul Fire Farm, a BIPOC-centered community farm committed to ending racism and injustice in the food system.2021-03-1024 minThe WorkWell Podcast™Leah Penniman on farming for social justiceMany who live in urban areas, often BIPOC communities, don’t have access to the fresh produce that is so important to a healthy diet. How can we tackle this inequity? In this episode Jen Fisher talks with Leah Penniman, co-founder of Soul Fire Farm, a BIPOC-centered community farm committed to ending racism and injustice in the food system.2021-03-1024 min
REV On Air - Sustainable Stories by Rêve En VertRegenerative Farming & Social Justice with Leah Penniman of Soul Fire FarmToday we are incredibly honoured to get to speak to Leah Penniman, co-director and Manager of Soul Fire Farm, a regenerative farm in upstate New York working on food and social justice through sustainable farming practices, and author of Farming While Black, a comprehensive manual for African-heritage people ready to reclaim their rightful place of dignified agency in the food system. As Penniman writes there: “Stewarding our own land, growing our own food, educating our own youth, participating in our own healthcare and justice systems. This is the source of real power and dignity.” This episode covers regenerative farming, huma...2021-02-2358 min
The Schumacher LecturesWinona LaDuke and Leah Penniman in ConversationWinona LaDuke—an Anishinaabekwe (Ojibwe) member of the White Earth Nation—is an environmentalist, economist, author, and prominent Native American activist working to restore and preserve indigenous cultures and lands.She graduated from Harvard University in 1982 with a B.A. in economics (rural economic development) and from Antioch University with an M.A. in community economic development. While at Harvard, she came to understand that the problems besetting native nations were the result of centuries of governmental exploitation. At age 18 she became the youngest person to speak to the United Nations about Native American issues.In 1...2021-02-021h 24
Heartland Stories RadioFarming while Black: A conversation with Leah PennimanLeah Penniman is a Black Kreyol farmer, mother, soil nerd, author and food justice activist. She co-funded Soul Fire Farm in 2010 with the mission to end racism in the food system and reclaim the ancestral connection to the land. As co-Executive Director, Leah is part of a team that facilitates powerful food sovereignty programs, including farmer trainings for Black and Brown people, a subsidized farm food distribution program for people living under food apartheid, and domestic and international organizing toward equity in the food system. She is also the author of the 2018 published book “Farming While Black”. Tune in to l...2021-02-0228 min
Gardenerd Tip of the WeekFood Sovereignty with Leah PennimanThe title of this week's podcast with Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm doesn't come close to describing all that we touched on in our conversation. If you add the topics of history, racism, enslavement, capitalism, labor laws, nutrition, and policy advocacy you might scratch the surface.
The post Podcast: Food Sovereignty with Leah Penniman appeared first on Gardenerd.2020-12-1718 minpodcast Archives - GardenerdFood Sovereignty with Leah PennimanThe title of this week's podcast with Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm doesn't come close to describing all that we touched on in our conversation. If you add the topics of history, racism, enslavement, capitalism, labor laws, nutrition, and policy advocacy you might scratch the surface.
The post Podcast: Food Sovereignty with Leah Penniman appeared first on Gardenerd.2020-12-1718 min
On Health for Women140 Soul and Soil: Farming While Black with Leah PennimanSome of us find our path in life early, whether due to adversity, chance, or some fire in the soul. For me, food activism was my entry point into all the I now do as a midwife, herbalist, and MD, as well as a mom and a human. My guest today also got a fire in her soul that has also shaped her work early on in her life, and helped her to become the remarkable food activist she is today, Leah Penniman is a Black Kreyol farmer, author, mother, and food justice activist who has been tending the...2020-12-0948 min
The Lindisfarne TapesWinona LaDuke and Leah Penniman in ConversationWinona LaDuke—an Anishinaabekwe (Ojibwe) member of the White Earth Nation—is an environmentalist, economist, author, and prominent Native American activist working to restore and preserve indigenous cultures and lands.She graduated from Harvard University in 1982 with a B.A. in economics (rural economic development) and from Antioch University with an M.A. in community economic development. While at Harvard, she came to understand that the problems besetting native nations were the result of centuries of governmental exploitation. At age 18 she became the youngest person to speak to the United Nations about Native American issues.In 1...2020-11-151h 24
Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg (by Food Tank)208. A Conversation With Leah Penniman (Author, Farming While Black)On this week’s episodes, we’ll be sharing interviews that were presented on World Food Day as part of the Smithsonian's Food History Weekend, "Food Futures: Striving for Justice." The panel was a collaboration among Food Tank, the Smithsonian, the Julia Child Foundation, and the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization. The interview is shared courtesy of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. https://foodhistoryweekend.si.edu/ Todays interview features farmer, educator, and advocator Leah Pennemin (Farming While Black), and Washington Post writer Laura Riley. 2020-10-2129 min
Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg (by Food Tank)208. A Conversation With Leah Penniman (Author, Farming While Black)On this week’s episodes, we’ll be sharing interviews that were presented on World Food Day as part of the Smithsonian's Food History Weekend, "Food Futures: Striving for Justice." The panel was a collaboration among Food Tank, the Smithsonian, the Julia Child Foundation, and the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization. The interview is shared courtesy of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. https://foodhistoryweekend.si.edu/ Todays interview features farmer, educator, and advocator Leah Pennemin (Farming While Black), and Washington Post writer Laura Riley. 2020-10-2129 min
GREEN Organic Garden Podcastreplay of interview #265 with Leah Penniman from Soul Fire FarmAs part of our focus on food justice and the #blacklivesmatter movement I am replaying this interview with Leah Penniman from Soul Fire Farm in Upstate NY.https://organicgardenerpodcast.com/podcast-2/soul-fire-farm/you can read the unedited computer generated transcript here: https://app.podscribe.ai/episode/54551679Cultivate Democrcay! VOTE!this episode sponsored by the Forager ProjectThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/2020-10-1856 min
HerbRallyUprooting Racism in Agriculture with Leah PennimanToday we’ll hear from Leah Penniman, co-founder of Soul Fire Farm and author of ‘Farming While Black.’ Originally recorded at the 2020 MOSES Organic Farming Conference, her keynote address discusses uprooting racism and seeding sovereignty in our food system. Join her for a journey through history to understand how we arrived here, and learn about the work going on to heal, repair, and create justice. For more for Leah, visit her at: www.farmingwhileblack.org www.soulfirefarm.org @leahpenniman Leah Penniman is a Black Kreyol educator, farmer/peyizan, author, and fo...2020-10-0850 min
Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regenerationREFLECT | Leah Penniman: Empowering farmers of color and dismantling racism in the food system*We need your support to continue the show! If you've listened to more than a few episodes and have learned from our work, please join our Patreon today: www.greendreamer.com/support In this replay episode during our summer hiatus, Leah Penniman of Farming While Black and Soul Fire Farm sheds light on the impact of colonialism on soil health around the world; how the oppression of Black and Indigenous people-of-color in the United States has affected farmland ownership and continued, institutionalized injustice; how we can take action to support racial justice in food production; a...2020-08-1734 min
TheHealthHubThe Fight To End Racism In Farming & In The Food Chain with Leah PennimanIn this episode we speak with Leah Penniman about her commitment to ending racism in farming and in the food chain.
Leah is a Black Kreyol farmer, author, mother, and food justice activist who has been tending the soil and organizing for an anti-racist food system for over 20 years. She currently serves as founding co-executive director of Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, New York, a people-of-color led project that works toward food and land justice. The work of Leah and Soul Fire Farm has been recognized by the Soros Racial Justice Fellowship, Fulbright Program, Grist 50, and James Beard Leadership Award...2020-08-1352 min
The Antonio Neves Show29. Figure It Out As You Go Along with with Leah PennimanIn this episode of The Best Thing, Antonio Neves talks to farmer, food justice activist, author, and the co-founder of Soul Fire Farm, Leah Penniman. In a raw and honest conversation, Leah talks about food apartheid and her four-year journey to build a home with her own hands. This episode will expose the connection between agriculture and race and how it has shaped our history. You'll be inspired to learn more, work more, and see the world through a new lens. Links Soul Fire Farm Farming While Black: Soul Fire F...2020-07-2930 min
Slow Flowers PodcastEpisode 463: REPLAY Soul Fire Farm’s Leah Penniman, author of Farming While BlackReplay Episode with Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm and author of “Farming While Black.”
Today, we are celebrating the 7th Anniversary of the Slow Flowers Podcast. I want to take a moment and marvel at the significance and what this means to me -- the significance of sharing so many wonderful conversations with listeners over the years, since launching this little project on July 23, 2103.
The timing of this podcast's debut was just a few months after the publication of the book Slow Flowers: Four Seasons of Locally Grown Bouquets from the Garden, Meadow and Farm, when I introduced the firs...2020-07-2246 min
The Dr. Hyman ShowDecolonizing Our Food SystemDecolonizing Our Food System | This episode is brought to you by PaleovalleyMany of our sustainable farming practices actually stem from African and indigenous roots. However, the division of land, government subsidies, and financial resources that are available favor white farmers. In fact, since 1920 African-American farmers have lost over 14 million acres of land. This decline of Black, Brown, and Native farmers has had far-reaching negative impacts. It means a decline of wealth and continued generational financial hardship. It means a disconnection from history and cultural practices that connect people to the land. It also means that...2020-07-0314 min
HothouseThe Horticulturati: Crap(e) Myrtles & Cushaw SquashHothouse is returning from hiatus! From here on out this podcast feed will be all Hothouse, so if you want to keep hearing The Horticulturati, please subscribe to that feed HERE (for Apple Podcasts) or HERE (for Spotify). Crape myrtles are blooming all over the place and Leah is DISGUSTED. What’s triggering this Lagerstroemiaphobia? Perhaps it's not about the crape myrtles at all, but rather the lingering demons of her past in exurban hell. Next, Colleen reports on a storied gourd that vine borers can’t touch: the cushaw squash. Domesticated some time around the dawn of agric...2020-06-271h 19
The HorticulturatiCrap(e) Myrtles & Cushaw SquashCrape myrtles are blooming all over the place and Leah is DISGUSTED! What’s triggering this Lagerstroemiaphobia? Perhaps it’s not about the crape myrtles, but rather the living demons of exurban hell? Next, Colleen reports on a storied gourd that vine borers can’t touch: the cushaw squash. Domesticated some time around the dawn of agriculture, the obscure cushaw took on special significance to African American foodways as a “slave food” staple. We discuss plants and memory, the merits of “folklore,” and the importance of heirloom seeds as “living archives” of cultural information. See photos of Colleen’s humongous...2020-06-251h 19
For The WildDeeplyRooted: Honoring our Ancestors and the Earth with LEAH PENNIMAN /188Leah Penniman guides us through an adaptation of a Haitian prayer from her maternal lineage that honors the forces of nature and our ancestors. Leah’s gracious offering invites us to open ourselves to the elements of the Earth that shape our lives. Together we practice reverence and gratitude for the gifts that surround us and give us our strength, health and nourishment. Support the show2020-06-2316 min
TAKE AWAY ONLYLEAH PENNIMAN: STAND UP TO THE BEASTSoul Fire Farm's Leah Penniman grows food for people targeted by state violence and impacted by poverty and food apartheid. As those factors became more pronounced during the pandemic, Soul Fire Farm ramped up food production while also teaching an increasing number of people in their community how to grow food for themselves. Leah joins us to talk about her farm's activist mission, reparations, ending racism and injustice in the food system, her book, Farming While Black, the ways she fuses spirituality with social justice and what message the Earth is trying to convey to all of us.
http://www.soulfiref2020-06-1934 min
Inside Julia's KitchenMeet Leah PennimanThis week on Inside Julia’s Kitchen, host Todd Schulkin welcomes Leah Penniman, co-founder of Soul Fire Farm and author of Farming While Black. They discuss making the American food system more just and bringing more people of color back to farming. Plus, as always, Leah shares her Julia Moment.HRN will be donating 10% of our membership drive proceeds from now until June 15 to the Philando Castile Relief Foundation. Visit heritageradionetwork.org/donate to make your gift.Image courtesy of Abby RoseInside Julia's Kitchen is powered by SimplecastSee Privacy Pol...2020-06-1152 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa Rodriguez{ENCORE} Farming While Black: Restoring Sacred Relationship with the Land and One Another with Leah PennimanThis week we are rebroadcasting our episode with Leah Penniman on Farming While Black: Restoring Sacred Relationship with the Land and One Another, synchronistically originally aired exactly one year ago in June of 2019. This episode is especially timely as we collectively face a collective uprising against racism, a global pandemic and unprecedented challenges as well as opportunities for change and healing. As we reflected back in 2019, Leah offers so much wisdom rooted in the power of Mother Earth and ways we can begin to dismantle racism through social justice work and connecting back to nature. ...2020-06-0854 min
The Best Advice ShowHow To Not Be Racist with Leah PennimanLeah Penniman is a farmer with Soul Fire Farm and the author of Farming While Black.
Anti-Racist Readings and Resources from Leah...
-Ibram X. Kendi's, Stamped - https://www.ibramxkendi.com/stamped-from-the-beginning
-H.R.40 - Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act - https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/40
-Scene on Radio's, Seeting White - http://www.sceneonradio.org/seeing-white/
-Ava DuVernay's, 13th - https://www.netflix.com/title/80091741
-The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond - http://www.pisab.org/
-Soul Fire Farm's Reparations Page - https://www.soulfirefarm.org/get-involved/reparations/
-The Movement for...2020-06-0103 minThe Best Advice ShowMaking Black Gold with Leah PennimanLeah Penniman is a farmer at Soul Fire Farm and the author of Farming While Black.
You can get a pound of Red Wiggler worms @ Uncle Jim's.
And here's more on making your own composting system
So much of this show is going to originate with your hard-earned advice. To contribute please call me (Zak) at 844-935-BEST. Leave your name and your advice, followed by your email address in case I have any follow-up questions.
Regarding your advice. I'm not particularly interested in platitudes and truisms. I'm after specific, odd, uplifting, effective, real tips from you about how you m...2020-05-1205 min
Le vital corps Salon#0080: Leah Penniman on farming, ending racism in the food system + creating your own trusted Council of FriendsLeah co-founded Soul Fire Farm in 2010 with the mission to end racism in the food system and reclaim the ancestral connection to land for People of Color (POC). As co-Executive Director, Leah is part of a team that facilitates powerful food sovereignty programs - including farmer training for Black & Brown people, a subsidized farm food distribution program for communities living under food apartheid, and domestic and international organizing toward equity in the food system.Leah has been farming since 1996, holds an MA in Science Education and a BA in Environmental Science and International Development from Clark University...2020-01-0845 min
The Schumacher LecturesUprooting Racism, Seeding Sovereignty - Leah PennimanLeah Penniman is an educator, farmer/peyizan, author, and food justice activist from Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, NY. She co-founded Soul Fire Farm in 2011 with the mission to end racism in the food system and reclaim our ancestral connection to land.Penniman delivered her speech at the 38th annual E.F. Schumacher Lectures on October 27th, 2018.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts.The Schumacher Center’s applied work seeks to implement the pr...2019-12-1952 min
The Dr. Hyman ShowWhy Food Is A Social Justice Issue with Leah PennimanThere’s a part of our food system that’s not being talked about: racial inequality. The division of land, government subsidies, and financial resources that are available favor white farmers. Meanwhile, many of our sustainable farming practices actually stem from African and indigenous roots. Since 1920 African-American farmers have lost over 14 million acres of land. Combine this with the fact that Black communities are also at a higher risk of illnesses due to a lack of access to fresh, nutritious food. It’s food apartheid. This week on The Doctor’s Farmacy I was joined by Leah Penn...2019-12-1157 min
Farming While Black With Leah Penniman Episode # 172Leah Penniman visits Perfectly Healthy And Toned Radio to discuss her book,"Farming While Black".
Leah Penniman was raised in Massachusetts and began farming as a teenager when she worked with The Food Project in Boston. Penniman holds an MA in Science Education and BA in Environmental Science and International Development from Clark University. She has been farming since 1996 and teaching since 2002. She is the owner of Soul Fire Farms.2019-12-0858 min
Diabetes Digital Podcast by Food HeavenReclaiming Land as a Black Farmer w/ Leah PennimanDid you know that about 98% of rural land is owned by white people and over 80% of labor on farms comes from people of color? Our podcast guest this week, Leah Penniman, says that this is not an accident of history. Leah is the Co-Director and Program Manager of the Soul Fire Project, an organization she co-founded in 2011 to reclaim our inherent right to belong to the earth and have agency in the food system as Black and Brown people. Today we’re talking to Leah about the history of black farming, creating a deeper relationship with the land, how to pr...2019-10-3029 min
Food Sleuth RadioLeah Penniman, Founding Co-Director of Soul Fire Farm and author of Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land.Did you know that racism is deeply embedded in our food system? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Leah Penniman, Founding Co-Director of Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, New York, and author of Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land.Penniman discusses the tragedy of racism in our food system, defines “food apartheid,” and provides examples of how USDA discriminated against black farmers. She is the recipient of the James Beard Foundation Leadership Award, and was interviewed in the July 2019 Sun Magazine Related...2019-08-2328 min
Chewing the FatLeah Penniman: A Food Justice Movement for AllIn our public conversation with farmer and activist Leah Penniman, we listen to her tell the powerful story of Soul Fire Farm, as told in her book, Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land. She shares with us on uncovering truth with language, how Afro-indigenous communities have influenced sustainable … Continue reading Leah Penniman: A Food Justice Movement for All →2019-07-1900 min
Chewing the FatLeah Penniman: A Food Justice Movement for AllIn our public conversation with farmer and activist Leah Penniman, we listen to her tell the powerful story of Soul Fire Farm, as told in her book, Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land. She shares with us on uncovering truth with language, how Afro-indigenous communities have influenced sustainable agriculture, and the spiritual work in healing peoples’ relationships to land. An audience Q&A follows, featuring a message of hope to inspire food sovereignty movements for generations to come.2019-07-1934 min
Feed Your Wild with Venessa RodriguezFarming While Black: Restoring Sacred and Just Relationship with the Land and One Another with Leah PennimanIn this episode, we are speaking with Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm. You’ll experience her pioneering energy that supports our collective re-memberance of our sacred connection to land and the ways we can begin healing the injustices of the imposed systems as a community. Leah’s work with Soul Fire Farm is to increase farmland stewardship by people of color, promote equity in food access, and train the next generation of activist farmers. Her book Farming While Black, is the first comprehensive manual for African-heritage people ready to reclaim their rightful place of dignified agency in t...2019-06-1048 min
Indigo RadioFood Sovereignty Leah PennimanWhy are so many people undernourished and hungry when there is enough food for all? We speak with author of "Farming While Black" and Director of Soulfire Farm, Leah Penniman about her work, then we speak with Becca Polk about her garden in Springfield, VT and what she teaches her students about their relationship to food. Finally we speak with Joe Frigo, science teacher, who gives us a ecologocal and poitical-economic understanding of the agri-business.2019-05-2857 min
Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration134) Empowering farmers of color and dismantling racism in the food system with Leah PennimanLeah Penniman is an educator, farmer, the author of Farming While Black, and food justice activist who currently serves as founding co-executive director of Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, New York—a people-of-color led project that works to dismantle racism in our food system. On this episode, Leah sheds light on the impact of colonialism on soil health around the world; how the oppression of Black and Indigenous people-of-color in the United States has affected farmland ownership and continued, institutionalized injustice; how we can take action to support racial justice in food production; and more. 2019-05-0232 min
GREEN Organic Garden PodcastEnding Food Injustice | Leah Penniman | Soul Fire Farm | Grafton, NYI’m super excited because my guest is as passionate about social justice as I am and she’s used her life and skills to really connect social justice and food justice together. I think you will love this interview with Leah Penniman from Soul Fire Farm in New York! Soul Fire Farm is committed to ending racism and injustice in our food system. 20 years of experience as a soil steward and food sovereignty activist.Tell us a little about yourself.Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practi...2019-04-0836 min
She’s Got Drive: Black Women talk about Success and how they achieved it.Episode 53 : Farming While Black - We Need to Reclaim Our Relationship to the Land says Leah PennimanIn this weeks Episode we have Black Kryeol Farmer Leah Penniman, Founder Co- Executive Director of Soul Fire Farm. And Author of Farming While Black and social activist; Leah believes that now is the time we reclaim our relationship to the land and our food.
Her Farm is a People of Color led project that works to dismantle racism in the food systems through the low cost fresh-food delivery service for people living under food apartheid and intensive training programs for Black, Latino and Indigenous aspiring farmer -activist. She has been tending the soil for 22 year. She was co...2019-03-1551 min
Lunch AgendaBlack Food History Month, Episode 2: Leah Penniman on Agricultural OrganizingLeah Penniman co-founded Soul Fire Farm with a committment to ending racism and injustice in the food system, and last year published Farming While Black, a how-to guide for African-heritage people ready to reclaim their agency. In today's episode Kiko asks her about Ujumma, Susus, and other ways African farmers have organized, pooled resources and supported each other both in Africa and her diaspora.2019-02-0500 min
The Urban Farm Podcast with Greg PetersonLeah Penniman on Liberating the Land.Challenging the mono-CULTURE of farming. A passion for the soil, the earth and her community started when Leah Penniman began farming at the age of 16. Through the years she has continued to work towards ending racism and injustice in our food system, and also on land reparations for people of color. She and her family have built Soul Fire Farm where they raise culturally important food, delivering it to people in need. They give tours and help train future activists. Leah channeled her passion into writing a book, Farming While Black. Leah is a Bl...2019-01-0829 min
The Urban Farm Podcast Private feed for MembersLeah Penniman on Liberating the Land.Challenging the mono-CULTURE of farming. A passion for the soil, the earth and her community started when Leah Penniman began farming at the age of 16. Through the years she has continued to work towards ending racism and injustice in our food system, and also on land reparations for people of color. She and her family have built Soul Fire Farm where they raise culturally important food, delivering it to people in need. They give tours and help train future activists. Leah channeled her passion into writing a book, Farming While Black. Leah is a Bl...2019-01-0830 min
Regenerative SkillsFighting food apartheid and empowering people of color to get back to the land with Leah Penniman, author of “Farming While Black:” 091Leah Penniman’s mission is to end racism and injustice in our food system by increasing farmland stewardship by people of color, promoting equity in food access, and training the next generation of activist farmers. Her new book, Farming While Black, has been called "a revolutionary work that opens important doors" by Civil Eats and a “brilliant guide” by Mark Bittman.
In this interview Leah explains the effects of miseducation around the contributions of people of color to agriculture and food science, and how the decline in land ownership and participation in agriculture from these groups affects us all. We also d...2018-11-2335 min
Young Farmers PodcastLeah Penniman on "Farming While Black"This week, NYFC's Michelle Hughes interviews Leah Penniman, co-founder of Soul Fire Farm, food justice activist, and author of the new book "Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land." Leah talks about her history, her spirituality, and her work training the next generation of black and brown farmers to build a more sustainable and equitable food system.
“Black people have a history in regenerative agriculture that is not circumscribed by slavery, share cropping, and tenant farming. We have tens of thousands of years of history innovating and coming up with dign...2018-11-0936 min
FarmeramaLeah Penniman: Farming While BlackLeah Penniman is a farmer, author, activist and all-round inspiration who we were lucky enough to interview for this special show. Her book, ‘Farming While Black’, published by Chelsea Green Publishing, is a multi-layered journey with practical tips for beginner farmers, afro-indigenous recipes, leadership advice, the story of building a farm and serving a community. But at its heart, this is a call to action, empowering people of colour to reclaim traditions and cultures that have been suppressed by colonialism and slavery. Thanks to Chelsea Green Publishing for supporting this episode. Image: onion harvest at Soul Fire Farm, credit: Leah Penn2018-11-0433 min
Cultivating PlaceSoul Fire Farm – Ending Racism In The Food SystemSoul Fire Farm is a working farm in upstate New York committed to ending racism and injustice in the food system, co-founded by Leah Penniman.
Leah is also the author of Farming While Black, documenting her work and passion for black and brown people coming back into healthy relationship with land and good food, which is out on shelves this week. The inspirational Leah Penniman shares more with Cultivating Place this week. Join us!
Cultivating Place now has a donate button! We thank you so much for listening over the years and we hope you'll support Cultivating Place by making...2018-11-0157 minCultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to GardenSoul Fire Farm – Ending Racism In The Food SystemSoul Fire Farm is a working farm in upstate New York committed to ending racism and injustice in the food system, co-founded by Leah Penniman.
Leah is also the author of Farming While Black, documenting her work and passion for black and brown people coming back into healthy relationship with land and good food, which is out on shelves this week. The inspirational Leah Penniman shares more with Cultivating Place this week. Join us!
Cultivating Place now has a donate button! We thank you so much for listening over the years and we hope you'll support Cultivating Place by making...2018-11-0157 min
PlentyPlenty #14: Farming While Black
Good day to you, dear sustainable food enthusiasts! I am your host, Jason Velázquez, and I thank you for tuning in to Episode #14 of Plenty. On this week’s show, we hear from Leah Penniman, author of Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land.
Before we get into the episode. I have to pause to say that I was so excited…and so grateful, to get the notification yesterday that this podcast network just gained a new member at the $1 per month level. Think I’m crazy for getting j...2018-10-2634 min
Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg (by Food Tank)12. Leah Penniman: The Food System Is Not a Level Playing FieldLeah Penniman, co-founder and Co-Director of Soul Fire Farm, talks about how everyone can support justice for people of color: go "from knowing to not knowing, and from speaking to listening." Read our favorite highlights of this episode as you listen HERE. While you’re listening, subscribe, rate, and review the show; it would mean the world to us to have your feedback. You can listen to “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg” wherever you consume your podcasts. Apple Podcasts Stitcher Google Play Spotify Become a...2018-10-0433 min
Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg (by Food Tank)12. Leah Penniman: The Food System Is Not a Level Playing FieldLeah Penniman, co-founder and Co-Director of Soul Fire Farm, talks about how everyone can support justice for people of color: go "from knowing to not knowing, and from speaking to listening." Read our favorite highlights of this episode as you listen HERE. While you’re listening, subscribe, rate, and review the show; it would mean the world to us to have your feedback. You can listen to “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg” wherever you consume your podcasts. Apple Podcasts Stitcher Google Play Spotify Become a...2018-10-0433 min
For The WildLEAH PENNIMAN on Land Based Liberation /72⌠ENCORE⌡This conversation between Ayana and Leah confronts us with harsh realities of injustice, simultaneously speaking of healing, possibility, and reconciliation. We must acknowledge the current state of our food system. Land and food sovereignty are essential to liberation. By re-evaluating our relationship with land and agency, we can fix the problems of our food system and heal our communities...Support the show2018-08-3059 min
For The WildLEAH PENNIMAN on Land Based Liberation /72This week we are honored to host activist, farmer and educator, Leah Penniman. Leah lives in steadfast dedication to her mission of weaving the vast and vital threads of honoring heritage, building relationship to land and ending racism and injustice in the food system.Support the show2018-04-1258 min
Contemporary Black CanvasEp 13 Soul Fire Farm with Leah Penniman<p>This week at Contemporary Black Canvas, we are excited to introduce you to Leah Penniman, co-founder with her husband Jonah Penniman, of Soul Fire Farms, their revolutionary, family-owned farm located in upstate New York. Soul Fire Farms is committed to ending racism and injustice in the food system. They actively fights institutional racism and food […]</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.contemporaryblackcanvas.com/ep-13-soul-fire-farm-leah-penniman/">Ep 13 Soul Fire Farm with Leah Penniman</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow&qu...2017-06-0800 min
The Table UndergroundLeah & Naima Penniman on the Heart of Community BuildingFarmer, artist, activists sisters Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm and Naima Penniman of the performance duo Climbing PoeTree talk heart-led community building for social change. Feat live spoken word poetry, talk on work in Haiti and locally to co-create community, undoing racism, people of color led safe spaces and multi-racial community building.2017-02-1046 min
Greenhorns RadioEpisode 212: Jonah VitaleThis week’s featured farmers are Jonah Vitale-Wolff and Leah Penniman.
Leah Penniman is an educator, farmer, and food justice activist from Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, NY. She is committed to dismantling the oppressive structures that misguide our food system, reconnecting marginalized communities to land, and upholding our responsibility to steward the land the nourishes us. In her dual capacity as a public secondary school science teacher and as a farm educator, Leah joyfully and reverently connects learners to the intricate miracle that is this living planet and to their own power as agents of positive ch...2014-11-0435 min