I’m following Ron Finley’s advice to #PlantSomeShit. It might not be the mother f**cking kale he speaks about often, but my soon-to-fruit organic tomatoes and peppers and squash are free of toxins and rich in nutrients, grown by me at home in a tiny little space, and another step toward liberation from any number of systems!! Ron has inspired me for years, since I first saw his TED Talk, long before I ever set foot in his veritable edible oasis in South Central LA. And in th

“Y’all want to plant some mother f**king kale?” That is what a billboard reads over Sunset Boulevard next to the face of Ron Finley — with a shovel in one hand and a bunch of fresh greens in the other. In the time of the pandemic, both digital learning and gardening have taken off – and with it Finley’s groundbreaking MasterClass – but he is too busy in his own Gangsta Garden, too busy harvesting free food, too busy building a new reality to be caught up in the whirlwind. In