Food Humanities in the Local Community

to renew support for the Food Humanities Program that supports the creation and collection of oral histories as audiovisual recordings and sharing of Bronx-based food stories that preserve diasporic neighborhood histories and cultures, and support the creation of networks of community gardening efforts that reveal those histories and cultures

Grantee
New York Botanical Garden
Location
Bronx, New York, United States
Amount
$1,500,000
Date of award
December 10, 2021
Length
36 months
Grantmaking area
Higher Learning
Guiding strategy
Accurate narratives
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