Just Food Podcast
In the fall of 2019 and 2021, the Rhodes College Just Food course, taught by Dr. Kimberly Kasper, embarked on a new collaborative journey with a variety of community partners to create a podcast series. In the podcasts below, you can listen, engage and dive into the stories narrated by Rhodes students and Memphis community members. With their own thematic focus, each podcast promotes empowerment through awareness, equity and autonomy. Be prepared to be inspired by the interconnectedness of these amazing stories that tell the past, present and future of the Memphis local foodscape.
Season One - 2019
Episode 1:
Legacies of the Land: Farming in the Mid-South
Rhodes College student Francesca Healy interviews Dwight Fryer, Debra Lockard, and Brenda Williams regarding the history of agriculture in the Mid-South and the nearby Ames Plantation landbase.
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Episode 2:
Veterans and Vegetables: Exploring the Urban Farmscape at Alpha Omega Veteran Service
Rhodes College student Jacob Sullivan interviews Chris Peterson, Becca Hart, and Ed Carlock regarding the Alpha Omega Veterans Service, their urban farm, and the ways that they are working to make farming accessible.
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Episode 3:
Healing Through Food Production: Social Entrepreneurship at Thistle and Bee
Rhodes College student Emma Pickard interviews Eyleen Farmer and Eli Cloud regarding their mission to make the world a more equitable place for every woman through the non-profit Thistle and Bee.
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Episode 4:
Building a New Glass Ceiling: Black Woman Chefs in Memphis
Rhodes College student Madeleine O’Toole interviews Heather Jamerson, Diane Terrell, Jesse Hewlette, and Tamra Eddy regarding the tenacity of female chefs and their ongoing battle to demonstrate their capabilities.
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Episode 5:
Waste Not, Want Not: Food Recovery Network at Rhodes And Beyond
Rhodes College student Maggie Palopoli interviews Gia Pirro, Tate Mulligan, and Itthipoaln Rasasack regarding food recovery systems and the way that individuals and institutions can lessen their food waste.
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Season Two - 2021
Episode 1:
Sustainably Serving Seniors: Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association’s Intersectional Approach to Senior Hunger
Rhodes College students, Meg Corley and Liv Cohen interview the President of MIFA, Sally Heinz, and Volunteer Specialist, Angela Scott, to discuss MIFA’s role in the food justice movement.
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Episode 2:
Cultivating Cooking
Rhodes College students Rowan Jackson, Lauren Clark, and Meghna Yammanur interview Mike Minnis, Karen Minnis, and Sheryl White about their work with Landmark Farms, where they pursue food justice by creating healthy food environments.
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Episode 3:
JUICE-y Topics
Rhodes College students Shaili Samuel and Maaike Liguori interviews Britney Thornton and Raymond Westbrook to discuss the biggest obstacles to food equity in the Orange Mound community.
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Episode 4:
Connecting Food Farmers and Memphis Folks
Rhodes College students Kathleen Cutting, Oliver Hurst, and Annalise Riekerk interview Mia Madison and Corie Walker to discuss Memphis Tilth and their goals to create an equitable local food system.
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Episode 5:
Decomposing Food Injustice Through Composting
Rhodes College students Chiara Torrini, Carolyn Bruce, and Hasan Hamada interview Patrick Gridley, Mike Larrivee, and Amelia Mayahi regarding composting and its role in creating food justice within the Memphis community.
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Episode 6:
Black and Vegan: Health Consumption in Black Communities
Rhodes College students Olivia Evans, Kirstin O’Neal, and Trinity Barnes interview Dr. Bretta King, Da Vegan Guru, and J.R. to discuss the role of vegan businesses in creating food equity.
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