Last week, volunteers associated with the Cornelia Walker Bailey Program participated in the harvesting of sugarcane in conjunction with the Sapelo Island Cultural and Revitalization […]
10.13.2019
Indigo Planted in May is Harvested
In December of 2018, the Cornelia Walker Bailey Program entered a partnership with the International Center for Indigo Culture (ICIC) and the State Botanical Garden […]
10.12.2019
Expansion of Land on SICARS Farm Lot
In October, the land on the left perimeter of SICARS largest farm plot (Lot 1) was cleared through the use of controlled fire. Volunteers gathered […]
10.02.2019
Whitney Barr, First Landscape Architecture Foundation’s Honor Scholarship Recipient
The boat over to Sapelo Island one morning this past summer was a living cross-section of people who live, work, or visit this unique barrier […]
09.05.2019
UGA Students Assist SICARS and Cornelia Walker Bailey Program
This fall semester, students enrolled in the Athens Urban Food Collective course, taught by Cornelia Walker Bailey Program co-director Nik Heynen, have been engaging in […]
08.05.2019
Sapelo Island Geechee Red Peas Reach the Plates of Athens, Georgia
Athens, Georgia restaurant LRG Provisions has entered a relationship with the Sapelo Island Cultural and Revitalization Society (SICARS) to bring Sapelo Island Geechee Red Peas […]
05.31.2019
UGA Maymester Students Assist Cornelia Walker Bailey Program and SICARS
This May, five UGA students spent two weeks on Sapelo Island as part of Nik Heynen’s Geography of the Georgia Coast domestic field-study course associated […]