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The Roots Watering Hole podcast series is provided through generous support from the Kalliopeia Foundation. Thanks to their support we have begun the journey to share space in elevated wisdom from numerous voices of people who do good in the world in various forms while providing information to our target communities. Roots Watering Hole produces oral narratives for a multitude of purposes. One track is a monthly gardening education and food literacy series co-hosted by Orrin Williams, the Food Systems Coordinator at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Soil Enthusiast Dr. Akilah Martin. The second track is devoted to independent content created by Orrin Williams and Dr. Akilah Martin as co-hosts and individual producers. The independent track focuses on topics related to our ecosystem as a whole, health and wellness, lifestyle, the arts and culture, and humanities. Both tracks will include guests from multiple walks of life, expertise, wisdom, and disciplines. While our focus is centered on BIPOC communities, we believe that all open-minded people interested in our general well-being as a nation and planet Earth will find the content, we produce useful.

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April 2023 Food Literacy Podcast Part 1

April 11, 2023 • Orrin Williams • Season 3 • Episode 7

It is April here in Chicago and excitement is at a fever pitch in anticipation of the gardening season for our community and home gardeners. This is the first installment of the April food literacy podcast. This episode is short but the second installment will be devoted primarily to soil with two programs featuring our co-host and co-producer, soil enthusiast and scientist, Dr. Akilah Martin. In this short episode check out the announcement for the 2023 Illinois Hunger and Health conference. Find the registration link for the May 1, 2023 event below in the show notes. If you do not already please consider growing herbs, this season, find out more in the links in the show notes...

This is the first installment of the April food literacy podcast. You will receive a link to an encore of the April 2023 garden education podcast. Shortly, you will receive the second installment of the food literacy podcast specifically focused on soil. Our co-host and co-producer, soil enthusiast and soil scientist, Dr. Akilah Martin will do a soil workshop and a podcast with me about soil. Stay tuned for that.

Register for and attend the 2023 Hunger and Health Illinois Regional Conference at Kennedy-King College, on May 1, 2023, hosted by Illinois SNAP-Education and Chicago Partnership for Health Promotion. Registration is open until April 21. Register here.

Event Address:

740 W 63rd Street U building

Chicago, IL 60620

Registration at 9 am

Time: 10 am– 3:20 pm

For the upcoming garden, season consider growing herbs in your vegetable garden. Herbs can be used in your cooking and herbs are excellent companion plants that deter pests. For information about starting your herb garden go here. To find a list of herbs to consider growing and how to cook with them go here.

The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speaker’s own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the University of Illinois at Chicago, the OCEAN-HP, or the CPHP. The material and information presented here are for general information purposes only. While the podcast is designed to promote the development of healthy communities through food literacy, we offer no health advice and encourage our listeners to seek guidance from the healthcare providers of their choice.

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Dr. Akilah Martin

Host

Orrin Williams

Host