EP. 25: Black Farming Vibes in the Delta: Three Wise Men

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: Carolina Broadleaf Mustard Turnip Greens Collard Greens Mississippi Purple Hull Peas Mississippi Silver Hull Crowder Peas Cow Horn Okra Speckled Brown Butter Bean   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   FIND OWEN HERE: Truelove Seeds Facebook  |  Instagram  |  Twitter   FIND CHRIS HERE: 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