Explore the unique relationships between African, African Caribbean and African American foodways:
- Experience traditional cookery classes, restaurants, lectures, village festivals and local markets.
- Educational tour begins in Ghana continues to Barbados and concludes in South Carolina.
Outcomes to benefit those living throughout the African Diaspora:
- Discover ways to encourage healthy eating based on the African Heritage Diet Pyramid.
- Add value to local products for production and distribution.
- Partner with nutrition educators to establish African Heritage Cooking Clubs.
- Collect data for foodways research or to write a historical cookbook.
GHANA
Ghana activities may include:
- Fish Farm
- Cocoa Farm
- Tilapia and Mushroom Farm
- Darsfield Earthcare & Farm Tech Foundation
- Ghana Cocoa Sheanut Farmers Association
- Cape Coast Castle.
In country escorts TBA
BARBADOS
Barbados activities may include:
- Sugar plantation and sugar factory.
Sugar factories – Andrews (St. Joseph) and Portvale (St. James) Muscovado Sugar (Muscovado Gold is the brand; sometimes simply called Barbados Sugar)
- Mount Gay Rum Tour or Agapey Chocolate Factory.
- ARMAG Farms (processing ground provisions i.e. sweet potato, cassava, yam)
In country escorts:
Hospitality Institute, Barbados Community College
CHARLESTON SC
Charleston SC activities may include:
- Middleton Place (18th and National Historic Landmark)
- Carolina Aromatic Rice Plantation
- Old Slave Mart Museum
In country escorts:
Culinary Institute of Charleston, Trident Technical College
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