124: Inspiring People to Think Critically About Where their Food Comes

As a toddler, this week's Women's HERStory month honoree studied her Persian grandma's movements in her kitchen while she deftly tossed in spices to stews that cooked for hours until the meat was so tender it slipped off a fork, rehearsing an act long practiced and learned from her own mother. Today, Tala Ahmadi is inspiring people in Accra, Ghana (and across Africa) to think critically about where their food comes from, how it is processed, and the effects it has on their health, and the planet. Through her work as a CEO of a small urban farming company, a senior project manager with a digital agriculture consultancy firm, a yoga teacher, and a permaculturist, she supports her clients in living a more sustainable lifestyle within the city through what we term "permaculture homestead" structures. Listen as Tracy and Tala as they talk about how Tala, after years of designing financial solutions for smallholder farmers, she decided to give farming a try herself and now has her own thriving urban food forest in her backyard. Connect with Tracy: facebook.com/groups/EatingataMeeting thrivemeetings.com