Roots Watering Hole Podcast Series
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.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 108
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
December 2023 Food Literacy Podcast
This is the final food literacy podcast for 2023. Please listen in and check the show notes for important season-ending information.
As is stated in the trailer there is some news on the gardening fro…
November 2023 Food Literacy Podcast Episode
November typically marks the end of the growing season for most of us in the Chicago region. However, there are some gardeners who may apply season extension strategies that carry them through the wi…
October 2023 Food Literacy Podcast
This is the October 2023 Food Literacy Podcast episode. The weather is cooling and it is time to prepare for the winter though it may seem strange you also want to prepare for the 2024 growing season…
September 2023 Food Literacy Podcast
September is here and fall is upon us. How quickly things turn as it seems that May and June were just a few days ago. See the show notes for more details and you will find a link to the September 20…
August 2023 Food Literacy Podcast
This is the August Food Literacy Podcast done in partnership with the urban gardening and farming community in Chicago and posted via Chicago Grows Food. There is still time to plant certain crops fo…
July 2023 Food Literacy Podcast Episode
Short and sweet food literacy podcast episode for July 2023. Topics include what to plant in July as well as what seeds to start indoors for those interested in fall gardening. Food literacy topics i…
June 2023 Food Literacy Podcast Episode
June in Chicago is the kickoff of the primary gardening season in Chicago. In this episode, we address some of the concerns of participants in the Chicago Grows Food constellation about fabric grow b…
May 2023 Food Literacy Podcast
Hello, food literacy podcast listeners. Please find and listen to the May 2023 episode. You will receive a lot of information this month including an episode on soil done in session with our co-host …
April 2023 Food Literacy Podcast Part 2
Self-described soil enthusiast and soil scientist Dr, Akilah Martin is in her co-host and co-producer seat for a lively conversation about soil. Dr. Akilah is not as expansive as she could be regardi…
April 2023 Food Literacy Podcast Part 1
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 p…
March 2023 Food Literacy Podcast
We are kicking off the gardening season with some tips and things to consider fro the upcoming gardening season. To deepen our discussion about food literacy we will be providing links for general co…
Leah Penniman Roots Watering Hole Trailer and Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists Promotion
This is a very short trailer and announcement about Leah Penniman's new book out February 28, 2023. The full episode of our session won't drop until May 2023 when Dr. Akilah and I will devote the ent…
February 2023 Food Literacy Podcast
Well, spring is on the mind of many people here in the northern hemisphere, especially here in Chicago. This particular episode is devoted to getting our home veggie gardeners off to a rousing start …
Emergency Planning with Patricia Fontanet Rodriguez
If we are paying attention to what is going on in the world the level of disasters from wind, water, and terrestrial forces emergency planning rises to the level of concern for everyone. Natural Disa…
January 2023 Food Literacy Podcast
We are kicking off the 2023 food literacy podcast series with the resources you will need to create a system to reach your food literacy and healthy lifestyle goals.
Many of us hear the term "food as…
December 2022 Food Literacy Podcast Episode
Stay Safe and Well While Enjoying the Holiday of Your Choice! Happy New Year and We Will Be Back in 2023...
This is the December Food Literacy podcast episode. You will receive a bonus episode an inte…
Bonus Episode Interview With Elizabeth Berkeley Executive Director of Chicago Grows Food
Listen in to our interview with Elizabeth Berkeley the executive director of Chicago Grows Food. Chicago Grows Food was formed as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic and operating since 2020 and will…
November 2022 Food Literacy Podcast
This Roots Watering Hole Podcast is done in support of the Chicago Partnership for Health Promotion at UIC, the Center for Urban Transformation, and you the listener interested in improving the healt…
October 2022 Food System Literacy Podcast formerly the Garden Education Podcast
Podcasts evolve and this is the case for this monthly podcast from a garden education podcast for in particular, home gardeners in the Chicago area to a podcast focusing on all aspects of the food sy…