Episode 67 Bonus Episode: Flint Unity Farming Project

Cannabis Cultivation and Science Podcast

Tad Hussey.

Cannabis, Gardening, Natural Sciences, Cultivation, Leisure, Science, Home & Garden, Marijuana, Weed, Growing, Organics, Grow

4.7 • 716 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Delmond Marshall, inspired by his father, started the Flint Unity Farming Project to help and inspire the area youth in Flint, Michigan. In 2014, officials in Flint switched the city's water supply to the Flint River as a cost-cutting measure for the struggling city. In doing so, they unwittingly introduced lead-poisoned water into homes, in what would become a massive public-health crisis. Without access to safe drinking water, the health of the residents of Flint quickly began to decline. In 2016, Delmond Marshall started the Flint Unity Farming Project to offer hope and learning to his community by teaching and empowering children how to grow vegetables to build self-confidence and to care about and beautify their communities. Flint Unity Farming Project Facebook Flint Unity Farming Project Instagram Area 72 Botanicals Facebook Area 72 Botanicals Instagram

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Cannabis Cautubovation and Science podcast. I'm your host, Tad Hussey of Kiss Organics.
0:23.0	This is the podcast where we discuss the cutting edge of growing from a science-based perspective
0:27.1	and drawn top experts from around the industry to share their wisdom and knowledge.
0:31.3	This week's podcast is a bit different, though. It's not a podcast on cultivation. Right now,
0:36.9	we are facing unprecedented times here in the
0:38.9	United States and around the world many people are suffering either from economic hardship or the
0:44.0	racial injustice that's bubbled up over the past couple of months sparked by police brutality
0:48.1	now I'm not here to tell folks what to believe there's enough of that going around these
0:52.5	days all I would suggest is that for
0:54.8	those of us who are fortunate enough to still have jobs and making ends meet, it's a very good time
0:59.5	to get back to your community, and there are a lot of good causes out there. Pick one that speaks to
1:04.0	you and try to give something back. Along that vein, Kiss Organics is going to be contributing this year
1:09.7	to the Flint Unity Farming
1:11.0	Project. The founder, Delman Marshall, is my guest this week, and I was excited to have him on the show
1:16.2	to share more about the organization that he has founded. Now on to the show. Hey, Delmon, thanks for
1:22.2	coming on the show today. Hey, thanks for having me. Yeah, I wanted to start off. Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and then we'll
1:31.3	talk a little bit more about Flint, Michigan and the Unity Project. But tell me a little
1:35.3	bit about yourself first.
1:36.3	Okay, well, as for me, I'm an Army Brett child. My dad was in the service. His last post was Michigan. So Michigan became our home, but we're actually from Vicksburg, Mississippi and Jackson, Mississippi. So, and there we had a farm. So farming was just something that we were always around, but far away from.
2:06.8	So I'm a three-sport athlete.
2:09.2	My dad was a tennis coach.
2:10.8	I played tennis, basketball, football, and sports is, man, like, part of my life, and agriculture is like the other side of it you know
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