Gregory Brown was born in what might be considered the typical African American household in Baltimore.  Gregory grew up eating a typical American diet.  Filled with fried highly processed foods, very little concentration on vegetables and nutrition.  Gregory decided to one day challenge this pattern of living by changing his way of living.  After listening to a KRS song he began researching a new way of thinking, a new way of living, a new way of eating.

Gregory began a journey of spiritual expression which eventually led him to become a vegan; then years later creating the idea for opening the revolutionary vegan soul food restaurant called The Land of Kush.

Since then Gregory has pushed himself to influence others in his family community, and broader environment to change their way of looking at life through food.  Along with his wife Naijha, he’s not only successfully grown The Land of Kush but has done numerous outreach in the African American community, speaking to young and old about the benefits of changing their diet and concepts of health and nutrition.

Gregory has been a speaker, teacher, mentor, and leader to many and continues the fight for better ways of living by teaching the plant-based lifestyle.  Gregory is a board member of the Black Veg Society.  Gregory, also, sits on the board of the Visit Baltimore Education and Training Foundation.

Naijha Wright-Brown is a 2021 Baltimore Business Journal Enterprising Women of Excellence Honoree.  A native New Yorker, raised in the South Bronx, Naijha is a people person and loves to make connections.  Naijha was introduced to gardening, farming, environmentalism, sustainability, and the basics of eating healthy while spending summers in Massachusetts as a teenager.  Naijha has an MBA in Business from the University of Phoenix and is a successful serial entrepreneur.  The thought of owning a restaurant never crossed her mind until she relocated to Baltimore in 2005 and met her fellow Verizon Wireless co-worker, now husband, Gregory Brown.

Naijha is a partner and the Marketing Director for The Land of Kush, VeganSoul Bistro, and co-creator of Vegan Soulfest and Maryland Vegan Restaurant Week.  She is the Executive Director of the Black Veg Society, a non-profit organization whose mission is mission is to educate predominantly Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, on the benefits of holistic living, the plant-based diet, and veganism.  Naijha, also, has a digital talk show, Naijha Speaks, that helps people on a mission to find their vegan soul!