S2 Ep 5: The Healing Power of Food with Kelly Carlisle & Nia Lee

05/16/23 • 40 min

We all know that food is more than food. It’s medicine – for the body, the soul, the heart...and for the community? The future? The wounds of the past? Host Jade Varette (@JadeofallJades) chases some sunshine in California and meets with two women harnessing the healing power of food in transformative ways: Kelly Carlisle – founder and Executive Director of Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project out of Oakland – who is rewriting the narrative around the youth of her community, and chef/artist/Black Food Futurist Nia Lee, who is creating radical sites of healing and joy for Black queer femmes.

To keep up with ANV news, follow them @anv_farm. You can donate to the mission at anvfarm.org/. To follow Nia on her journey, find her on Instagram at @nialeeomg and @stormesupperclub.

To keep up with ANV news, follow them @anv_farm. You can donate to the mission at anvfarm.org/. To follow Nia on her journey, find her on Instagram at @nialeeomg and @stormesupperclub.

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BONUS: Shopping for Mushrooms

Before their interview, Marlon takes Jade on a tour through HiFi Mycology, where he does his daily mushroom shopping. In between descriptions of his favorite mushrooms, the Plant Based G drops some delicious cooking tips, bodybuilding wisdom, and other insights he’s gathered along the way.

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BONUS: “Tell Michelle I Didn’t Mean It”

In addition to being a non-profit founder, executive director, community leader and recipient of very many awards, Kelly Carlisle is also incredibly funny. Hear her tell the story of the time she met President Obama at the White House under the most unexpected of circumstances.