Meet Maya Marie
Hobby Farms|September - October 2023
In Brooklyn, New York, Maya Marie grows food in her backyard and in borrowed spaces and teaches others to do the same. 
LISA MUNNIKSMA
Meet Maya Marie

Marie is the founder of Deep Routes, an educational project that uplifts the foodways of the African diaspora and Indigenous peoples via the stories of plants, people and places, and she leads a team that designs and shares curricula featuring these histories.

HOBBY FARMS: What are some of the challenges you face growing in the city that maybe your grandmother didn’t have growing in a more rural setting?

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