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 • 22 episodes
Compost, Cotton & Cornrows
Latest Episodes
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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Episode 20 | What If You Gave the American Dream the Finger? From a Decade of Van Life to Building a Desert Homestead, Naomi Grevemberg Chooses Slow, Nomadic Living & Radical Joy—on Her Own Terms
What happens when a Black woman dares to silence the noise, leave behind the American Dream, and root herself in the wild unknown? In this soul-stirring episode, Naomi Grevemberg unpacks her decade-long nomadic journey—from the depths of burnou...
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Episode 19 | A Must-Watch: Frida Lidbom’s Powerful Doc Exposes the Toxic Truth of Waste Colonialism—While Honoring the Radical Brilliance of Ghana’s Secondhand Artisans
***Since this recording, the Kantamanto Market in Accra, Ghana—the heart of the documentary’s focus—has tragically burned down. In the wake of this devastation, the local community, in partnership with dedicated organizations, is actively wo...
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Episode 18 | Black Land Back Is Non-Negotiable! Author & Activist Brea Baker on Reparations, Nature-based Healing and Reclaiming Community Power
This episode is for the freedom dreamers, the soil stewards, and the truth-tellers. Brea Baker—author of Rooted—joins us to crack open the spiritual wound of stolen land, unpack the real meaning of sustainability, and call in ...
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Episode 17 | Brooklyn, Brilliant, and Already Sustainable: Hekima Hapa on Teaching Black Girls to Sew
In this stitch-and-resist episode, Dominique Drakeford sits down with textile truth-teller and cultural strategist Hekima Hapa—founder of Black Girls Sew—to talk craft, confidence, and community. What started as a mission to sew visibi...
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