Intentional Communities and Radical Sharing with Alita Kelly: The Importance of Food Access, Community Support, Food Justice, Farm Land For Everyone, Sustainable Business, Conscious Farming | Ep. #014

Do you know WHY it’s important to eat seasonally? Are you interested in learning more about food security? Do you want to contribute to your community more? Do you love the idea of healthy local food being accessible to everyone? In today’s episode on Root Awakening: A Health Podcast we are talking with Alita Kelly. Alita is the founder of the South East Market in Grand Rapids, MI, Chair of the Boston Square Business Association, and the Vice Chair of the city of Grand Rapids Urban Agriculture Committee. The South East Market’s mission is to increase access to healthy, affordable, and culturally-accepted food for their community through a sustainable and equitable lens. The South East Market sources food first from black, brown, indigenous, local, or womxn-led farms and businesses, and Alita ensures that the market supports sustainable businesses whenever possible. In this episode, Alita tells us about what an equitable and sustainable food system looks like, why healthy food is still not accessible to many communities, why farm to table often misses people of color, why food justice is so important and how contributing to food justice feeds our souls and helps us all to thrive, why land is a pressing issue for the farming community, what radical sharing and intentional community is, and what sustainable business actually looks like. Find out how Alita is creating food accessibility, radical sharing, connective community building and environmental awareness through the South East Market! - ALITA KELLY + SOUTH EAST MARKET - WEBSITE: www.southeastmarketgr.com GET A PRODUCE BUNDLE: www.southeastmarketgr.com/shop CONTRIBUTE TO PAY IT FORWARD: https://www.powr.io/checkout_screen?unique_label=d265dba3_1603817065 INSTAGRAM: @southeastmarketgr | www.instagram.com/southeastmarketgr/ FACEBOOK: @southeastmarketgr | www.facebook.com/southeastmarketgr 1619 PROJECT: www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html - CONNECT - Connect with Emily to ask any questions that you have, find out how to heal through connecting with the universe, and discover your own spiritual gifts. INSTAGRAM: @emilys.rootawakening | https://www.instagram.com/emilys.rootawakening FACEBOOK: @emilys.rootawakening | https://www.facebook.com/emilys.rootawakening BOOK A 30MIN OR 60MIN INTUITIVE BODY READING: https://rootawakening.clixli.com/30min-reading https://rootawakening.clixli.com/60min-reading - UPLEVEL - Work with Emily by booking an intuitive body reading. Intuitive body readings are 1:1, 60-minute sessions with Emily that are designed for you to hear what the universe wants to tell you about how to heal. Emily will use her third eye to read your body, and will listen to what the universe (source/god/spirit) wants her to communicate about what you need to know in order to heal.This reading is 100% channeled and 100% spirit. Emily will communicate to you any combination of the following: where/how healing needs to happen, where blockages are in the body, and how to start addressing traumas and physical pain. - SUPPORT - I've put my heart and soul into this podcast, and it's part of my life's purpose to make natural, intuitive healing accessible to everyone. I would love your support in this quest too! Spread the word, subscribe, review this podcast, share this podcast with loved ones, share this podcast with your community, or book an intuitive body reading. Let's lift each other up and become empowered together. MUSIC BY: Pluto Monday | Esan is an incredible, painter, musician, artist, and all around spectacular human. Support his work and prepare to soak up some creative energy: @plutomonday | https://www.instagram.com/plutomonday