Cattail Cooks

Friends: #August is knocking on the door already. We want you to know that our August plans are to keep showing up for YOU with #freefood. Tomorrow, August 1, we will be back out at Mahalia Jackson Theater starting at 10am. No ID or paperwork needed. Please #maskupnola! 😷

@MutualAidNO @MutualAidNO Same to you!

some amazing groceries boxes and a pile of watermelons came through for our pantry + grocery deliveries today thanks to @CattailCooks love y'all, thank you for everything you've done and will continue to do with your hopeful, inquisitive, & attentive organizing!! <3 #MutualAid

Important announcement about the watermelon sale!! Because of the intense storms coming through on Friday, pick up has been moved to Saturday, July 25. Details were emailed to everyone who preordered a watermelon. 🍉 🍉

Last call for #watermelons! Order yours by 11am Thursday. See thread for details.

my fam is trying to save 20 acres of land for Black trans and queer folks! this is highkey some revolutionary shit. click the link, read the story, DONATE!!!!! and share. let’s get this $125k! gofundme.com/f/black-land-m…

Hey yall! Our friends and ppl we collaborate with at NOMAS (New Orleans Mutual Aid Society) are trying to build a sustainable food pantry! If you can help out that would be awesome! Thanks! Hope everyone is well! gofundme.com/f/help-us-buil…

Dear program officers at WKKF, Rockefeller, and Walmart - In this letter, we outline steps that your foundations can take to ensure more just ways of giving, and to ensure greater impact. @HEAL_Food/an-open-letter-from-bipoc-leaders-in-food-agriculture-to-food-systems-funders-9e00c1f4cb60" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@HEAL_Food/an-…

Pick-up will be Friday, July 24th from 4-6pm at 5 Plessy Way. We'll email you with more info about pick up beforehand. Please spread the word!

We need you to include your e-mail address or we won't be able to follow up with pick-up instructions or track your order. Last day to order is Thursday, July 23rd at 11am.

We're doing a buy one give one #watermelon sale to benefit #COVID19 food relief efforts and to support our farmer friend, Terrance Travis, from Indian Springs Farmers' Cooperative! He grows delicious watermelons in Mississippi and has an abundance this season. How it works:

The food relief continues. Thanks to GNO Caring Collective for 700 prepared meals delivered yesterday. The need for groceries and local produce is still there - you can donate to keep these efforts going: Gf.me/u/xz4p3q Venmo @cattailcooks PayPal cattailcooks@gmail.com

Yesterday, @foodrescue_nola rescued these fresh, healthy meals from GNO Caring Collective and provided them to @southern_solid, @CattailCooks, @familiasunidas6, @MutualAidNO, @Wix, @BroadmoorNOLA, and many more agencies feeding the food insecure! 🥗🚙😋 #fighthunger #hungry #food

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We've got Leah and Naima Penniman on board for Friday's broadcast! Learn more about @soulfirefarm and the Plants of Black Freedom during their session. agrowingculture.org/HFJ to sign up!

Do you own or have access to lots around town? Got a large front yard that could be an ~orchard~ or a ~super cool free neighborhood okra spot~? 📞Get in touch!📞 We are starting gardens and orchards to break down social and economic barriers to food. Let's do it! 🍉504.345.8097🍉

Are you ready to grow your own food and medicine for self-reliance and community resilience? Every Friday, experienced Black womxn* farmers answer your call-in questions about gardening, livestock, agroforestry,… instagram.com/p/CBQl7nlgwUt/…

@SPROUTNOLA is still providing free seedlings through June 26. Peppers, okra, melon, squash... Never too late to start your own garden. nola.com/entertainment_… via @nolanews

@WWNO story about renewed interest in home gardening. @SPROUTNOLA @lobeliacommons @GreenLightNOLA and others supporting the community. 🌱🙌 wwno.org/post/i-m-gonna…