After the floodwaters brought on by Hurricane Irma subsided it seemed our efforts to revive sugarcane on Sapelo Island might be over as the first […]
11.09.2017
Commentary: The legacy of Cornelia Walker Bailey, the griot of Sapelo Island
“Like most folks, I met Cornelia Walker Bailey—a dark sturdy trunk of a woman, handsome and regal—when I first set foot on the exquisite spit […]
10.25.2017
Remembering Cornelia Walker Bailey, A Giant Of Gullah Geechee Culture
On the coastal edge of Georgia sits a small, dwindling community known as the Gullah Geechee. The people in the community are direct descendants of […]
09.14.2017
Hurricane Irma Floods New SICARS Sugarcane Project
Hurricane Irma created a great deal of damage on Sapelo Island. Flood waters from the storm surge was especially damaging for many residents in the […]
08.27.2017
Red Peas Are the Backbone of an Island Community off the Georgia Coast
Sapelo, a barrier island in Georgia south of Savannah, is home to a population of people who self-identify as Geechees — descendants of slaves and […]
08.25.2017
How One Georgia Island is Fighting to Keep a Small Red Pea Alive
Sapelo Island is a 16,500-acre swath of land that sits about 60 miles down from Savannah. Reachable only by boat, the barrier island, Georgia’s fourth […]
05.26.2017
UGAMI Partners with SICARS to Plant Red Peas
The new partnership between UGAMI and SICARS took a positive step today when Professor Nik Heynen and students taking his Geography of the Georgia Coast […]
05.20.2017
SICARS Board Formally Partners with UGAMI on Peas and Cane
At a SICARS board meeting this week to discuss the future of SICARS’ efforts to reestablish sugarcane, continue to plant red peas and explore growing […]
01.25.2017
Sapelo Red Peas By Joe York
This now classic short film done by Joe York for the Southern Foodways Alliance offers some of the earliest insights into the agricultural revitalization efforts […]