Welcome to Woman Crush Wednesday!

This week, join 97.9 The Hill’s Ali Evans for a conversation with LaShauna Austria, founder of Kindred Seedlings Farm. Austria started Kindred Seedlings from her dining room table three years ago, after taking note that she “didn’t see a lot of folks that looked like [her] at farmer’s markets.” From there, she began to grow seedlings and partner with Elon University to perform research on Black land ownership and farms in Alamance County.

(photo via Kindred Seedlings)

“Kindred Seedlings really began as an attempt to show folks that Black folks do care about the food we eat, do care about farming and being connected to the land,” said Austria. “It doesn’t take a lot of land to grow food — so what I can do very well on a very small piece of land, where I’m situated right now, is grow a lot of herbs.”

Through Kindred Seedlings, Austria offers teas made from those herbs, soaps, cleaning products, homegrown vegetables and more. Listen to the full conversation between Ali and LaShauna below!

 


Join 97.9 The Hill’s Ali Evans every Wednesday for another edition of “Woman Crush Wednesday,” a three-minute weekly recurring segment made possible by Mosaic Comprehensive Care that highlights motivated women and their impact both in our community and beyond. If you’d like to nominate someone to be featured on WCW, email ali@wchl.com.


 

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