Happily Natural Day offers music, speakers, self-sufficiency tools
8/25/2022, 6 p.m.
Live music, speakers, vendors and more will be featured at the 19th annual Happily Natural Day and Garden Expo from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.Saturday, Aug. 27, at the Fifth District Mini Farm, 2208 Bainbridge St., it has been announced.
Performers will include Timbo King and Derek 32Zero, according to Duron Chavis, the lead organizer for the festival that is open to the public without charge.
Speakers are to include Ron “The Gangsta Gardener” Finley, Michael Carter of Carter Farms, Black birth worker Taj Anwar, and Kalonji Changa of the FTP Movement and
The Black August Organizing Committee, Mr. Chavis stated.
There also will be 23 vendors offering unique items, he said, adding that the event also will showcase the large garden operation and promote self-sufficiency in growing fresh food, Mr. Chavis stated.
The festival will continue 11 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 28, with a fundraising $25-per-person “Black & Beautiful Brunch” at the Sankofa Community Orchard, 309 Covington Road, off Midlothian Turnpike
Details: thenaturalfestival.com
