Ep. 78 - Black Farming & Finding Your Food Story ft. Pearl Quick

Bourbon 'n BrownTown

BrownTown breaks bread with long-time homie Pearl Quick, soil science educator, farmer, and pastor as they discuss the histories of Black, brown, and indigenous farming practices while navigating the relationship and resistance to oppressive institutions, and what it means to decolonize our food systems.

Full transcription here!

GUEST
Hailing from the South Bronx, Pearl Quick is an educator in soil science, disease ecology, genetics, and faith formation from Sarah Lawrence & Princeton University. Pearl created Many Soils, a farming space where Black and brown youth come to learn how to decolonize their palates, look at the physical world, and grow food for themselves, their families, and their communities outside of the white gaze.

Mentioned in episode and more information:

• SoapBox's Crossroads and Street Vendors Association Micro-Doc
• Soul Fire Farm (New York) and Chicago City Farm
• Caullen's Climate Change Meme
• Lucia Leon -- LinkedIn, Farm Website (Chicago)
• "Black Farmers Sow the Seeds for the Future" (In These Times)
• "How do you estimate theft from slavery?" (Vox)
• Black Farmers - If You Don’t Know, Now You Know (The Daily Show)
• Justice for Black Farmers (MSNBC)
• "All-American Farms" (S5E2), United Shades of America (CNN)

CREDITS: Intro soundbite from AJ+ and outro music Rainforest by Noname. Audio engineered by Kiera Battles. Episode photo by Pearl Quick.

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