About
Mennlay is an interdisciplinary cannabis entrepreneur and has been legally working with marijuana since 2005. Through her visibility, advocacy for inclusion, and education efforts, she is helping to navigate an authentic future for women of color in the cannabis industry.
herbs + foodways of THE diaspora.
Mennlay Golokeh Aggrey is a writer, cook, multidisciplinary and author of The Art of Herb Butter cookbook. She helped launch Whoopi Goldberg's award-winning company, and co-founded Xula Herbs—a company with an herb and food centered approach to womb health.
Her essays, recipes and work have been featured in publications like Vogue, Bon Appétit, The Washington Post, Interview Magazine, The CUT, Bloomberg and others.
Mennlay co-hosted Broccoli Magazine's podcast, Broccoli Talk, and was a founding member of the Floret Coalition, an anti-racist collective donating to organizations prioritizing the needs of Black, Latin, and Indigenous communities affected by the war on plant-medicine.
She has been based in Mexico City for the better part of a decade, exploring the African diaspora through herbs and foodways.
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