Food Justice with Nyema Clark

Tucked inside a mostly residential neighborhood on Beacon Hill in Seattle is NURTURING ROOTS, a Black-owned and operated urban farm founded by NYEMA CLARK to create healthy food, healthy activities, and healthy ways for people to reconnect with each other and the environment. 

In EPISODE TWO of SEASON TWO, Trae and Nyema talk about equity, change, and the evolution of this beautiful and now self-sustaining community resource through the lens of history and lineage, and the future that is to come.

“Someone else had their hand in this,” Nyema tells Trae. “There is a deep connection with my ancestors, and me pausing and saying, ‘Why am I living? How can I be proud of myself?’” 

The farm, its produce, its stewards, and its visitors show her the answers every season. 

Find out more about Nurturing Roots and get involved in upcoming events.

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Nurturing Roots Partnership Director and Avole Coffee Business Development Director Gavin Amos gives us this week’s Chime In.