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Podcast: Powerful Ladies® Podcast
Episode: Fighting Food Apartheid and Building Food Sovereignty | Cheryl Whilby | Soul Fire Farm
Description: Cheryl Whilby is the Administrative Program Manager at Soul Fire Farm and Market Manager at the Schenectady Farmers Market. She’s part of a movement to end food apartheid and reclaim food sovereignty through Afro-Indigenous farming practices, community education, and land justice. At Soul Fire Farm, Cheryl helps lead programs that create direct access to fresh, healthy food for marginalized communities, from free CSA shares through their solidarity model to building 40 backyard gardens during the pandemic. She shares how farming connects to racial and economic justice, why food sovereignty is critical for public health, and the steps we can al...