Growing Liberation Podcast

The Growing Liberation Podcast follows the interests and organizing efforts of the Midwest Farmers of Color Collective. The podcast emerged from the vision of an early co-founder, and in 2022, Sammie Ardito Rivera, Michael Chaney, and Zoe Hollomon carried it forward to launch it. With production support from Real Food Media, we launched the podcast in fall of 2023 and are currently in production for additional episodes. See below for updates on new releases!

Growing Liberation reclaims our narratives to reveal our crucial connections to the land, to our cultural food ways, political power, and economic autonomy. The podcast fosters a community of farmers of color by sharing stories left out of the mainstream conversation about food, farming, land, and equity.

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December 2024 Podcast Updates

Announcing the third installment of the Growing Liberation Podcast, featuring Brea Baker, author of "Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Ownership" in conversation with our own Sammie Ardito Rivera.

BREA BAKER (@freckledwhileblack) is a freedom fighter and storyteller who believes in the power of Black culture to drive change. Her writing has been featured in the anthologies “Our History Has Always Been Contraband” and “No Justice, No Peace.” She was recognized as a 2017 Glamour Woman of the Year. Her new book is “Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Ownership.” www.breabaker.com

Listen here, wherever you get your podcasts.

We’re excited to use her new book “Rooted” as an organizing tool and discussion piece! We’ll be hosting a virtual book club discussion in the new year–we’ll share more info soon!