Interview: UofL alum, LeTicia Marshall, BearFruit Gardening
On this week’s Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog (UofL's Assistant to the Provost for Sustainability Initiatives), gets his hands dirty with LeTicia Marshall.
LeTicia is a native Kentuckian, a Mom, a UofL alum, owner of BearFruit & Grow, LLC, and the unstoppable force behind the BearFruit Gardening community YouTube channel & Facebook group. On July 31st, she released a video announcing that "it's official, I am an urban farmer!” LeTicia is so passionate about urban farming and reclaiming our spaces to grow food because she has seen how it results in eating cleaner, healthier food, building community, and improving our mental health. On this week’s show, she tells us about her urban farm project and how you can support it! www.facebook.com/BearFruitGrowLLC
Watch BearFruit Gardening on YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCt34S39mHMQZ-jBmAsqR6Cw
Join BearFruit Gardening on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/234157577442825/
Get in touch with LeTicia at bearfruitgardening@gmail.com
LeTicia has built a lot of relationships in the community in the past month and during our conversation, she shares about their work in the community:
- 5th Element Farms aka Apocalyptic Acres in the West End www.facebook.com/5thElementFarms502
- Ag In the City www.facebook.com/AITCLou/
- Black Soil blacksoil.life
- Urban Ag Coalition foodinneighborhoods.org/grow
- Louisville Lots of Food www.louisvillelotsoffood.com/
- Louisville Community Grocery LouisvilleCommunityGrocery.com
- Black Market KY, establishing a grocery in the West End www.facebook.com/BlackMarketKY
- Victory Gardens Landscaping victorygardensofkentucky.com
As always, our feature is followed by your community action calendar for the week, so get your calendars out and get ready to take action for sustainability NOW!
Sustainability Now! airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Monday at 6pm and repeats Tuesdays at 12am and 10am. Find us at forwardradio.org
Source: Interview: UofL alum, LeTicia Marshall, BearFruit Gardening (Sustainability Now!, Forward Radio 106.5fm, Aug. 24, 2020)
