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.
Compost, Cotton & Cornrows
Latest Episodes
Episode 47 | Protecting Future Generations Starts Now | Victoria Elizabeth Whalen centering the power of Self Discovery, Equitable Land Use and Lived Experience Data
In this deeply expansive episode of Compost, Cotton & Cornrows, Dominique sits down with environmental justice legal strategist Victoria Elizabeth Whalen for a conversation rooted in land, memory, climate justice and the...
Episode 46 | Black Fathers Get Postpartum Depression Too | Kalvin Bridgewater on Building Daddy Stroller Social Club For Vulnerability, Healing & Community
How are Black fathers navigating their own postpartum depression in a world that rarely gives them space to feel? In this deeply moving episode of Compost, Cotton & Cornrows, Dominique sits down with Dallas-based advocate, father a...
Episode 45 | We Don’t Need To Make New Jewelry | London-Based Founder Tammuz Davis on Vintage Luxury, Adornment & Overcoming Anxiety
What does it mean to build an independent luxury brand rooted in restoration instead of extraction? This week on Compost, Cotton & Cornrows, Dominique Drakeford sits down with Tammuz Davis, founder of COVE - a London-based vintage jew...
Episode 44 | World-Renowned Climate Expert Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd Breaks Down Resiliency, Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, Community Co-Creation and the "Kitchen Table" Realities of Climate Change
In this expansive and grounding episode of Compost, Cotton & Cornrows, Dominique Drakeford sits in powerful conversation with Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd, a globally recognized climate scientist, former president of the American Meteo...
Episode 43 | No Flowers, No Food | Dee Hall Goodwin on Teaching Climate Through Flowers, Building Black Flower Farmers & Beautifully Disrupting an Aesthetic Industry
In this episode of Compost, Cotton & Cornrows, Dominique Drakeford is in a rich and grounding conversation with floral designer, horticulturalist and agricultural leader Dee Hall Goodwin. She is the founder of Mermaid City Fl...