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The Great Food Migration with Valerie Erwin
September 18, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Learn about the Philadelphia connection to Southern Food from colonial times to the Great Migration and beyond.
Valerie Erwin is a Philadelphia chef and social justice activist and a long time resident of Germantown. For 12 years she owned the critically acclaimed Geechee Girl Rice Cafe. Geechee Girl featured the food of the Low Country of South Carolina and Georgia where her grandparents were born. She now manages a food access program for a small local foundation.
Valerie does programs and presentations on both Philadelphia and Low Country foodways, on the importance of local food and on the intersection of food and culture. She frequently does cooking classes and demonstrations.
Please follow Valerie on Instagram and Facebook @geeccheegirlcafe