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In this episode we’ll be joined by Eshe Chantana. She’s currently the Community Service & Bonner Fellow Coordinator at Spelman College where she coordinates community service activities and events for students to engage in. Eshe is also a spoken word artist in Atlanta by the way of Savannah, Ga. Her background is in community organizing, working in the non-profit sector with local organizations such as HABESHA, INC., Food Well Alliance, Organix Matters and others to engage and support Westside Community members. Eshe is passionate about holding healing spaces for and with people of color. She looks forward to igniting a sense of activism in students and supporting their initiatives to cultivate the changes they want to see.

Recently, we were joined by our guests Chris Lemons and Des Baskerville, founders of Gratitude Botanical Farm which is located on the West Side of Atlanta. Its mission is to educate, grow, feed, serve and protect the history of the people of Atlanta through the art of organic urban agriculture. Not only are they business partners, but also childhood friends. Chris, a certified master gardener from a long lineage of farmers in Georgia, maintained and managed his community garden for years in the historic Peoplestown community in Atlanta where he currently serves as the President of the Peoplestown Neighborhood Association. Desmond, also an ancestral farmer, often volunteered there as his love for agriculture grew into a passion. In 2018 they were presented with the opportunity to work their dreams into a reality. Listen in as we’ll be discussing their journey, what inspires them, and insights on how you can start a farm or garden in your community. www.patreon.com/plantlanta

In this episode, we invited James Carr, owner of Longleaf Media and founder of Farmers Jam ATL to sit down and have a discussion with us on the topic of Sustainable Business Models. James shares his journey from when he turned an idea into a business, how that business was affected by Covid, and insight on how to build your startup with a more sustainable approach. Listen in as we pick the brain of one of Atlanta's brightest and inspiring social entrepreneurs! For early access and more: www.patreon.com/Plantlanta