Compost, Cotton & Cornrows
Compost, Cotton & Cornrows is a podcast centering Black sustainability leaders across fashion, agriculture, wellbeing and beyond. Through storytelling, culture, and climate conversations, the show explores how ancestral wisdom and modern practices can cultivate regenerative futures. Hosted by Dominique Drakeford, each episode unearths powerful insights that shift the narrative of environmental justice.
Podcasting since 2025 • 26 episodes
Compost, Cotton & Cornrows
Latest Episodes
Episode 25 | Dawn Richard on the 20th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina: Ancestral Stories, Modern Colonization & Sustaining Our Power!
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, the storm still rages in our collective memory, not just as a natural disaster, but as a state-sanctioned genocide against Black communities in New Orleans. In this powerful conversation, Dominique Drake...
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Episode 24 | She’s Been Fighting for the Planet Since She Was 8 — Now Maya Penn’s Environmental Animated Short Is In Collaboration with Viola Davis & Whoopi Goldberg
In this vivid and electric episode of Compost, Cotton & Cornrows, Dominique Drakeford is joined by the incomparable Maya Penn — youth climate solutionist, award-winning animator, founder, and unapologetic disruptor shifting culture...
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Episode 23 | Abena Boamah-Acheampong Ain’t Here for Ashiness: Leading Ethical Beauty with Ghanaian Shea Butter & Radical Supply Chain Care
What happens when you infuse radical transparency, ancestral ingredients, and community-rooted ethics into the beauty game? You get HanaHana Beauty—and a founder like Abena Boamah-Acheampong who's shaking the table with intention. In this dynam...
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Episode 22 | From Woodwork in Trinidad to Vine Work in Japan: Franklyn Hutchinson’s Beautiful Story of Becoming A Grape Farmer in Yamanashi
What does it take to plant new roots on foreign soil—literally? In this global episode of Compost, Cotton & Cornrows, Dominique Drakeford speaks with Franklyn Hutchinson, a Trinidadian grape farmer living in Yamanashi, Japan. Witho...
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Episode 21 | Cory Elliott on Youth Development, Violence Prevention, Healing in Nature & Building The Black Neighborhood
What if sustainability wasn’t about systems—but about freedom? About waking up and choosing rest, joy, or stillness—because you can?In this healing-rich episode, Dominique Drakeford sits down with Cory Elliott,...
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