What Mama Says

Episode 4- Looking Over the Fence with Sophia Buggs

Jeanette is joined by special guest and local Ohio mama and farmer, Sophia L. Buggs. Also known as Lady Buggs and Mama Sophia, she is the owner and operator of Lady Buggs Farm, a 1.3 acre urban farm located on the South Side of Youngstown, Ohio. She is reclaiming the sacred roots of farming through sustainable spiritual living. A few of her areas of expertise are specialty crop farming, wildcrafting and fermenting traditional foods. Her mission is to regenerate her community by offering wellbeing from seed to table all while creating a loving urban homestead with her daughter, Passion. Sophia serves the Mahoning Valley as The Mahoning Food Access Coordinator and as the Environmental and Food Justice Director of Intentional Development Group. Sophia holds a Masters of Education with a concentration in Curriculum and Instruction from American InterContinental University and a Bachelors of Science in Criminal Justice from Bethune Cookman University. She also has earned a number of accreditations, which includes a year of OJT Specialty Crop Apprenticeship through Goodness Grows, an organization that promotes food, faith and sustainable farming for all, a Market Garden Certificate with Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation and a Certificate of Intuitive Plant Medicine with One Willow Apothecaries.

Episode 3 - Valentine Advice

In this episode of What Mama Says, host Jeanette is joined by her husband Jeremy as they discuss advice from friends about love. If you're looking for love or found your perfect match, this episode about lasting love advice is for you.

Episode 2 - Photos Tell Stories

In this episode, join your host Jeanette as we talk about photos, memories, and storytelling. How are you preserving your memories? And what should we do with all those photos that we take?

Episode 1: Welcome

Welcome! Brought to you by Nonna, Mama, Me, join host Jeanette, mama of two and doula, as she connects motherhood through heritage and heart. As a first generation mama, she experienced many stories about the old days. Consider this an invitation to pull up a seat for storytime, and connect the past with the present with all things mama. From birth to raising children, from gardening to low tox living, from the hard days to the blessings, What Mama Says covers it all. Listen for a brief taste of what's to come!