Collaborations and Nation Building

Growing — Photo Taken by Melissa Ripepi. Alicia Gear (Monacan Indian Nation and Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians), Miss Bertie Braham (Monacan Indian Nation), and others shucking haspahínukma:ta xe Yesa (Tutelo Strawberry Corn). Nov 15, 2021.

Collaborations with Universities/Colleges

The Indigenous Community Garden was established for the sake of the facilitation of knowledge-keeping and granting for the Indigenous student community. The garden, alongside to Ati Wa:oki Indigenous Community Center (ICC), is a dedicated space for Indigenous community members to utilize for every aspect ranging from social, cultural, spiritual, and even nutritional. Native@VT is an important participant in the decision-making that goes on in the Indigenous Community Garden. Native@VT annually hosts their graduate ceremonies at the Indigenous Community Garden.

Hokies Chapter of AISES

LASO of Virginia Tech (The Latino Association of Student Organizations)

Virginia State University

Heritage Heirloom Garden

University of Florida

UF Indigenous Community Garden

Field and Fork

Washington & Lee

Wake Forest

Collaborations with External Indigenous Foodways

Amyrose Foll

Abenaki/Penobscot

A U.S. Army veteran, Farmer, Seedkeeper, Community Organizer, and the Director and Founder of The Virginia Free Farm at Spotted Pig Holler. Amyrose has been a fighting force for all things relating to food sovereignty and traditional Indigenous foodways in Virginia. Through teaching about food security and education about food sciences, Amyrose has been the driving force in organizing food efforts in communities of color in Louisa, Charlottesville, and Richmond. Amyrose has partnered with local schools, food banks, and non-profit organizations to solve the issues relating to agriculture, food deserts, and climate change. Working with local Virginia Indigenous communities, Amyrose has been influential in developing tribal gardens with the Upper Mattaponi, The Rappahannock Indian Nation, and the Monacan Indian Nation. Amyrose has been essential in the Indigenous Community Garden by providing the garden with heirloom seeds like Mayo Indian Amaranth and Pueblo Highland Squash, hosting cooking workshops, and sharing her knowledge with the community.

Support Amyrose efforts:

https://virginiafreefarm.org/

You can aslo buy Amyrose's Ancestral Gardens: Millennia at Indigenous Agricultural Genius and Ancestral Gardens - Millennia of Agricultural Genius: Trees and Shrubs:

Ancestral Gardens: Millennia at Indigenous Agricultural Genius

Ancestral Gardens - Millennia of Agricultural Genius: Trees and Shrubs

Instagram: @mamamaize @virginiafreefarm @womensearthalliance