Recent Scholarship

Tiffany Bellfield El-Amin discusses her family's history of land stewardship, farming, and seed saving. Highlighting cash crops like tobacco as well as more personal varieties such as tomatoes and blackberries, El-Amin showcases the sensorial and lived experiences of food and agriculture. She also discusses her growing interest and work in herbalism and herbal medicine.

Tiffany Bellfield El-Amin discusses her family's history of land stewardship, farming, and seed saving. Highlighting cash crops like tobacco as well as more personal varieties such as tomatoes and blackberries, El-Amin showcases the sensorial and lived experiences of food and agriculture. She also discusses her growing interest and work in herbalism and herbal medicine.

Retired caterer Valerie Garner discusses her family's long history of gardening and seed saving. In this interview she also highlights her experience with the Farmville Community Garden, volunteering at the soup kitchen, and her love of baking. Plants/recipes mentioned include pepper vinegar, butter beans, and sugar pudding.

Retired caterer Valerie Garner discusses her family's long history of gardening and seed saving. In this interview she also highlights her experience with the Farmville Community Garden, volunteering at the soup kitchen, and her love of baking. Plants/recipes mentioned include pepper vinegar, butter beans, and sugar pudding.

Ms. Vivian Fields was born and raised in Farmville, NC. In this interview she discusses growing up in segregated Farmville, family recipes including collards, chicken pastry, barbecue pork, and spaghetti.

Ms. Vivian Fields was born and raised in Farmville, NC. In this interview she discusses growing up in segregated Farmville, family recipes including collards, chicken pastry, barbecue pork, and spaghetti.

A.C. Salaam reflects on her time attending medical school in the Caribbean and discusses how that experience led her to the practice of plant healing. She shares stories of plant medicines and how she uses them throughout the interview. She reflects on her family�s food practices and the role of sufficiency. Salaam touches on the importance of sustenance, and connects this value to her work in the Farmville, NC, community garden.

A.C. Salaam reflects on her time attending medical school in the Caribbean and discusses how that experience led her to the practice of plant healing. She shares stories of plant medicines and how she uses them throughout the interview. She reflects on her family�s food practices and the role of sufficiency. Salaam touches on the importance of sustenance, and connects this value to her work in the Farmville, NC, community garden.

Amyrose Foll is an Indigenous seed keeper and farmer located in Kents Store, Virginia. Throughout the interview, she discusses culturally meaningful crops, like corn and squash, the role of community, and her own experience with seed farming. Amyrose emphasizes the importance of cultural legacy and closes out the interview with advice for those getting into seed work.

Amyrose Foll is an Indigenous seed keeper and farmer located in Kents Store, Virginia. Throughout the interview, she discusses culturally meaningful crops, like corn and squash, the role of community, and her own experience with seed farming. Amyrose emphasizes the importance of cultural legacy and closes out the interview with advice for those getting into seed work.