The Food Indy Podcast

Our guest, Brea Baker, is an acclaimed author, political strategist, and national organizer, whose first book  Rooted  is a quick-paced and engagingly lucid primer on the physical histories and land legacies of Black people in the United States, interwoven with Baker's own vivid family history of devastating land loss in Kentucky and North Carolina.    Baker has examined records and historical acc...

This week's Food Indy guest is Nicole Mallari, the Founder of Vintnoir. The winner of the WSET 2 Award in Wine certification in 2019, she has decided to take a deeper dive into wine after discovering Black winemakers and their exclusive brands. We were so glad to sit down for a conversation and listen to her share the stories of BIPOC winemakers, negociants, merchants and industry professionals wi...

In this episode, the doctor is in!  Dr. Janelle Green is a podiatrist and whole food plant based nutrition coach. We talk about food and mental wellness, and the connection between how we eat and our overall well being.   Dr. Janelle Green helps people realize their potential to lower stress and anxiety and prevent disability, by eating more whole foods in everyday life.   Listen in!

In this two part episode Suzette talks with Pastor Ambrose Carroll from Green the Church about the intersection of spirituality, land access, and wellness.  Join us for this enlightening conversation where we connect food to joy, community building, and ancient wisdom.

In this two part episode Suzette talks with Pastor Ambrose Carroll from Green the Church about the intersection of spirituality, land access, and wellness.  Join us for this enlightening conversation where we connect food to joy, community building, and ancient wisdom.

Hey, hey Earthlings! Earth Day is just around the corner and we have a special episode just for you.   Join us for the Earth Day episode of the Food Indy Podcast where Suzette is sharing 5 game-changing tips to help you make a positive impact on our beautiful planet this month and all year long.  We explore 5 big things including the power of the 3 R's - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - and introducing a...

In this episode of Food Indy, Suzette Chaumette is talking with social entrepreneur  Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli about the power of food and creating a vibrant, sustainable global ecosystem of gardeners and farmers. Ndidi is transforming the agricultural landscape in Africa and encourages investment on the African continent to understand how to eat more sustainably and diversify our diets.   In this epi...

On this episode of the Food Indy Podcast, Suzette is in conversation with Takeya Meggett about the journey to discovering her Gullah Geechee ancestry. This unique nation of people are the descendants of West and Central Africans living in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia. Listen in to hear about how the nature of their enslavement on isolated coastal plantations, created a uniq...

Duron Chavis, community activist and founder of McDonough Community Garden and the annual Happily Natural Festival in Virginia, promotes health and wellness in at-risk and under-resourced communities. In this episode of Food Indy, Duron talks about how he addresses inequities in our food system through his work to tie community empowerment and economic development directly to our ability to grow f...

In this episode Suzette Chaumette talks to Joy Moore about how gardening saved her family's life. As a young mother and activist, Joy noticed that her daughter had behavioral issues and allergies that were affecting her wellbeing. Listen in to hear how food was both the problem and solution in her home and how she used her experience to empower the greater community to make small changes to improv...

Here is the second installment of our two-part conversation with Dave McClenton, a husband, father, climate activist, and founder of the Green Samaritan Group.  In this episode you learn about how communities, schools, and neighbors can all participate in planting trees, native plants, growing fruits and vegetables, and at the same time, supporting a cleaner, healthier environment.    As an Agricu...

Here is the first installment of our two-part conversation with Dave McClenton, a husband, father, climate activist, and founder of the Green Samaritan Group.  In this episode you learn about how communities, schools, and neighbors can all participate in planting trees, native plants, growing fruits and vegetables, and at the same time, supporting a cleaner, healthier environment.    As an Agricul...

Meet Kevin B from  Swazi  Green Lifestyle, an Environmental Compliance Specialist who creates and sustains thriving food forests and gardens wherever he can. Hear about how his cultural and scientific backgrounds have influenced his love of food and growing it.   Befoodindy.com

In this episode, I have invited Stuart McCalla to talk about how we can begin to think about repairing harm in our society through social permaculture.  Social permaculture is a way of building interdependent communities that mimic nature.  You don't want to miss this episode. Befoodindy.com

Welcome, welcome, welcome to my new Food Indy podcast, which is all about getting people closer to their food and wellness through art, history, and African diasporic cultures.  Subscribe today if you or someone that you love has a chronic disease or you just want to live a healthier life that includes fresh food.  You'll hear stories from real people who are infusing culture and traditions into t...