The Heirloom Gardens Oral History Project (HGP) started as a collaboration of Princeton University, Spelman College, and the Ujamaa Cooperative Farming Alliance to collect oral histories of people who have worked to preserve Black and Indigenous seed and foodways through the Southeastern United States and Appalachia.  Working across six sites over two years during 2023 and 2024, students and faculty worked with communities to interview and archive the stories of more than 140 farmers, gardeners, chefs, community organizers, local historians and others who have been actively sustaining rich farming, culinary, and medicinal traditions.

Currently, HGP is processing and archiving the interviews that have been collected to date.  HGP is not actively conducting interviews at this time.  Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for updates and highlights.  

The archive of interviews collected by the Heirloom Gardens Oral History Project are available digitally at the Atlanta University Center's Robert W. Woodruff Library.  Explore the online archive here.

HGP is constantly uploading more interviews to the archive.  Check back regularly for the newest stories.