Publications
Leftovers Cookbook
By Teresa Johnson (January 2021)
Contributor
“This series is about meaningful meals prepared by friends, family, and lover — inherited from moms, sittos, nanas, and stories shared through food. From farmer’s markets, local bodegas, to the kitchen sink, I hope to show that there’s more than meets the eye. Leftovers features 10 people and their recipes, doing cool things and being cool things.”
Available for purchase HERE.
Meals for the Movement Cookbook
By May Day Space (December 2020)
Contributor
Available here if you become a member of the May Day Space, “an organizing hub and neighborhood resource in Bushwick, Brooklyn for arts, activism, and community events for all of NYC. We are collectively-run, curate social justice programming, and make our space available to grassroots groups at an affordable sliding-scale”.
Interviews
Growing Good Podcast: Episode 51 (April 2023)
“New York urban farmer Maya Marie talks about building your relationship to land, her Deep Routes educational project, irrigation and more.
Hear about how various family members, educational settings and even Sesame Street have contributed to Maya’s life path. She talks about farming Afro-Indigenous crops at East New York Farms, including trying her hand at growing rice and keeping the pollinators in mind. Maya gets into what she sees as the current challenges of growing food for urban and rural farmers and how to be flexible, and then she gives her best advice for finding places to garden when you don’t own your own space.
Learn about Maya’s Deep Routes educational project to connect people with Afro-Indigenous agricultural and culinary traditions and uplift these stories and foodways. She also covers her work in teaching with Farm School NYC. Keep listening to hear about Maya talk about her favorite topic to teach and one that most of us could learn more about: irrigation.” - Lisa Munniksma (Podcast Episode Here)
Nourished Palate: Food Visionaries Series Episode 4- Maya Marie
(August 2020)
“During this interview, we discuss topics of:
Food and its intersection with history
History as a medium for learning and healing
What we can learn from various social justice movements
Maya's vision of a just food system
And More ❤️” - Podcast Episode HERE
1:1 With Lo Harris: Cultivating Community and Slowing Down with Maya Marie (April 2023)
“For a year now, I’ve been interviewing creatives over on Instagram as part of my 1:1 with Lo series. I chat one-on-one with talented professionals across various industries and communities to engage in uplifting conversations around creativity, entrepreneurship, mental health, and how we can show up in our work as our authentic selves.
Today I want to share highlights from my conversation with Maya Marie. Maya is a Black urban farmer and foodways educator from Baltimore, MD who’s called Brooklyn, NY her home for over 10 years. In this conversation, Maya discusses how food can help build community, celebrate culture, and teach us to slow down. “ - Lo Harris (Find Episode Here)
City Tech Stories: Episode 6 – Interview with Maya Marie from KCC Urban Farm (November 2020)
“We were delighted to chat with Maya Marie – farmer, chef, food historian and educator – about her work at the KCC Urban Farm and her passion project, Seeds & Receipts. The conversation touched on austerity at CUNY, how the global pandemic has worsened those conditions, and the inherent hopefulness in farming.” - Podcast Episode HERE and HERE.