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 • 44 episodes
Compost, Cotton & Cornrows
Latest Episodes
Episode 42 | Serge Attukwei Clottey is a Ghana-based global artist weaving plastic waste to unpack migration, expose global systems and build community while advancing environmental justice.
In this episode of Compost, Cotton & Cornrows, Dominique Drakeford sits in a powerful conversation with Ghanaian artist Serge Attukwei Clottey, the visionary behind Afrogallonism - a radical artistic practice transforming discarded...
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Episode 41 | Meteorologist Alesha Ray is Making Climate Make Sense - From Data to Daily Life
Episode 41 | In this episode of Compost, Cotton & Cornrows, Dominique Drakeford sits in conversation with meteorologist and climate storyteller Alesha Ray, whose journey from journalism to national broadcast weather reframes enviro...
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Episode 40 | Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso: Sustainability Begins at Birth: A $45M Investment in Maternal Health, Environmental Racism & Brooklyn’s First Data-Driven Comprehensive Plan
In this episode of Compost, Cotton & Cornrows podcast, Dominique Drakeford sits in conversation with Antonio Reynoso, Brooklyn’s 20th Borough President and the first Dominican to hold the office in New York City history. Raised in Williamsb...
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Episode 39 | Sustaining Us: Diamond Spratling, Detroit Roots & the Rise of Climate Sisterhood
In this episode of Compost, Cotton & Cornrows, Dominique Drakeford sits in conversation with Diamond Spratling, MPH, award-winning Climate DisruptHER, two-time TEDx speaker and founder of Girl Plus Environment, a nonprofit mobilizi...
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Episode 38 | Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: Haitian Moringa & Castor Oil Built a School, a Farm & a Vertical Beauty Blueprint in Brooklyn
In this episode of Compost, Cotton & Cornrows, Dominique Drakeford sits in rich conversation with Fredeline “Freddie” Amedee-Benjamin, co-owner of Papa Rozier Farms, a vertically integrated farm-to-store ecosystem rooted in Haiti W...
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