Urban Islanders

Zakiyyah and Cooper visit the Black Urban Growers (BUGS) Conference and chat with a few notable guests:Zelmi Zoka - Farmer and Land StewardZelmi Zoka hails from Detroit, MI, and spends his time growing and healing.David Bolinda - Immigrant Activist and EntrepreneurDavid Bolinda is a Kenyan native who now lives in the states. He works on reconnecting African immigrants with their culture through urban farming.Rashid Nuri - Founder of Truly Living Well CenterWebsite: https://www.trulylivingwell.com/Rashid Nuri is a prolific urban agriculturist, scholar, farmer, and community developer of over 40 years. He is the founder of Truly Living Well Center in Atlanta, and the author of Growing Out Loud - an autobiography about his decades of experience farmer, community organizer, and international travels as a member of the US Department of Agriculture. It is tutorial through reflection offering Nuri’s life lessons as insight for future agricultural activists.Music: Lessazo “Soleil D’Hiver” – Music: http://altermusique