FOOD IS LOVE: Nurturing our Underserved Communities and the Art of Showing Up with LaRayia Gaston

This episode is a straight-up wake up call that fresh foods are a human RIGHT, not a PRIVILEGE! We are honored to welcome LaRayia Gaston to SOUNDFOOD. Our candid, raw conversation cracks open the heart to let humanity flood in and shows how we can all take conscious action to redirect our food waste to feed our marginalized communities and learn to love without reason.  Our guest LaRayia is the powerful, multidimensional force behind Lunch On Me, LaRayia’s Bodega, Artist, Author of Love Without Reason and is an actual (cooking) saint! LaRayia is the living embodiment of  nourishment; literally feeding 10,000 people a month in Los Angeles and now expanding to Atlanta!   In our dialogue, LaRayia speaks about the insights she experienced while spending 43 days living on Skid Row while filming a documentary, shares how we can get more involved with her nonprofit Lunch On Me, why farm-to-table needs to break out of its elitist mold, how she maintains the highest integrity of food preparation and conscious cheffing for her “street fam”, and the inspiration behind her first-ever organic 99 cents store LaRayia’s Bodega which will open in its second location in Atlanta on October 1st.  This dialogue delivers a powerful reminder that food is love, that we can make an impact through our micro-gestures and that people in fact DO have the power. And it all begins with learning to give a F%*k! Thank you LaRayia for sharing your light, wisdom, intuition, patience, respect and love for humanity with us.  INVITATION TO DONATE Thank you for tuning in. If you are able to donate to SOUNDFOOD we would be so grateful for your support. Everything and anything you can give helps us continue to share these conversations with the world. Deep gratitude!   CONNECT LaRayia Gaston: IG | Website Host @nitsacitrine @soundfoodspace Subscribe to Mercurial Mail (our monthly newsletter)   MENTIONED Lunch On Me Bodega @larayiasbodega Kahlil Gibran Keys of Enoch Essence- Wiz Kid Wish You Were Here- Black Coffee    EAT GOOD FAT- Oil Drive Info:  Join us in celebration by helping support LaRayia’s initiative and the Atlanta homeless community by donating organic oils! So easy and such a great and manageable way to make a large difference!  Please send all organic oils to:  ATLANTA LaRayia Gaston / LaRayia’s Bodega  3005 Peachtree Rd NE #1917 Atlanta, GA  30305 LOS ANGELES LaRayia’s Bodega 2713 W 6th St.  Los Angeles, CA 90057 Note: you are welcome to drop off your donations in person from 10-7pm in both locations.  Soundfood Episodes Mentioned: THE GANGSTA GARDENER: Planting Seeds of Freedom with Ron Finley   YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE: EP. 66 • SOWING SOVEREIGNTY with Chef Mollie Engelhart EP. 39 • THE GANGSTA GARDENER with Ron Finley EP. 22 • INTERCONNECTED ENVIRONMENTALISM with Meg Haywood Sullivan   NOURISH This podcast is made possible by your donations and the symbiotic support of our partners: Offer a donation to us here   LIVING LIBATIONS: enjoy 15% off all botanical beauty alchemy with this link https://livinglibations.com/soundfood (discount automatically applied) MIKUNA: enter SOUNDFOODFAMILY for 25% off clean, single-sourced plant protein products Mikunafoods.com  LIVING TEA:  SOUNDFOOD for 15% off all tea nourishment  livingtea.net SUPERFEAST: enter CITRINE for 10% off our favorite tonic herbs + superfoods superfeast.com OSEA: enter CITRINE for 10% off oseamalibu.com sea-to-skin magic CHRISTY DAWN: 15NITSA for 15% off farm-to-closet  christydawn.com LAMBS: use code CITRINE for 10% off your EMF protective gear getlambs.com   P.S. We would be so grateful if you felt inspired to leave us a review on APPLE OR SPOTIFY!