
All month long, Chef Tiffani will be speaking with Black women at the intersection of food and social justice about their life, their work, and their organizations.īe sure to check out Afros + Knives wherever you get your podcasts and visit for more about Tiffani and the show. The Okra Project is also committing 15,000 to the Nina Pop Mental Health Recovery Fund. Ianne joins Chef Tiffani Rozier, the host of the Afros + Knives podcast, for a special edition of her show on Radio Cherry Bombe. ByOkra: a monthly affinity and wellness space for Black Trans people.


The Okra Project has expanded to include cooking classes, grocery funds, and more, and Ianne’s big goal for the group is to one day have a brick-and-mortar location for its community. Weeds, insects, diseases, and pests control in okra farming. Use intercropping and crop rotation to control weeds and pests. “The joy of looking at someone who’s cooking a meal for you, who’s chosen you, and to see a piece of yourself in them-there is nothing more beautiful and powerful,” said Ianne. Ensure proper planting and spacing of the okra plants. We are still in the process of rescheduling some. The Okra Project About this Organization Email The Okra Project is a collective that seeks to address the global crisis faced by Black Trans people by bringing home cooked, healthy, and culturally specific meals and resources to Black Trans People wherever we can reach them. Anything having to do with fiscal partnership will resume on August 1st.
#OKRA PROJECT TRIAL#
Variety observations and trial notes from the 2018 Trial can be seen here.

That trial was funded by a successful Kick Starter Campaign and the generous sponsorship of Sow True Seed. All projects/collaborations with non-fiscal branding/marketing partners will resume on August 15th. In 2018 Chris Smith grew out 76 different varieties of okra as a research project to support a book he was working on, The Whole Okra. The result was The Okra Project, a collective that pays Black Trans chefs to make home-cooked, healthy, and culturally-specific meals. The Okra Project is pausing any operations that don’t include our Nina Pop and Tony McDade Mental Health Recovery Funds. “To me, the solutions seem simple.” Ianne, a Black queer nonbinary transfeminine New York-based storyteller, wanted to do something about Black Trans People experiencing a lack of community, family, and food insecurity. Winners will be announced Ħ.“I have for a very long time seen that the world was unjust,” said Ianne Fields Stewart, actor, activist, and founder of The Okra Project. Winners chosen at random for pieces donated.ĥ. The Okra Project provides 'home cooked, healthy, and culturally specific meals and resources' to the Black trans community. 75, with proceeds benefitting the Promise of Peace gardens. All receipts must be dated June 23rd or later.Ĥ. Tickets are on sale now for the Sunday, September 11 event at Texas Ale Project (1001 North Riverfront Blvd, Dallas) The event runs 11 a.m.

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