The Joy Project

A Living Archive of African Atlantic Agriculture and Foodways

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View fullsize Today we ended our volunteer day early to be with @dtown_farm for their opening day and the dedication of their new ancestor garden. We brought: okra, Tabasco, luffa, egusi, sorghum, benne, collards from my grans yard, tobacco, @trueloveseeds Ezelle
View fullsize We are getting a Detroit Pollinator Habitat Kit from @xercessociety ! Totaling 98 climate-smart native perennials! The Xerces Society is providing project partners with habitat kits of native, pollinator-friendly wildflowers and grasses to histor
View fullsize TheJOYProject went to Bahia Brazil w/ @alexandra.antoine follow our stories this weekend for a recap The streets of Pelourinho in Bahia, Brazil are paved with stone. Pelourinho was the central marketplace for trading and auctioning enslaved Africans
View fullsize Springtime travel disrupted our annual Spring Equinox fundraiser, but in divine timing ioby has launched a fund matching campaign in Detroit, which means for every dollar we raise ioby will pitch in $1 too. In our inaugural year we raised $20k in one
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View fullsize Though our little free library was installed last summer, we never gave it a proper welcome to theJOYproject Campus so we’re kicking off our second season with some intentional activation around our library. In collaboration with our North End
View fullsize Starting May 6th ..We outside Every Saturday 10am-2pm 1105 Alger (Tools Provided)
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View fullsize Josmine here, and I’m in cameroon with @thecookinggene @cr_detroit @lolakgb and @grillin4thepeople who helped us build our whole animal hearth (@egomichele and @jermond.booze are here too!) Yesterday we were welcomed into the palace by the Sul
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View fullsize The door to our little free library blew off in the fall and it’s been laying on the ground in pieces ever since. Motivated by a donation check that got returned to sender because we didn’t have a mailbox, we pulled up a few days ago to i
View fullsize This one is for all the plant folks. Seasoned growers and newcomers. Outdoor gardeners and kitchen counter houseplant keepers. Plenty take home freebies so please RSVP do we can be sure to have enough for everyone.
View fullsize A Storytelling experience featuring “King Cotton” Participants will attend an intimate Hands-on workshop featuring Mississippi Brown Cotton “Grown in Detroit “ by TheJoyProject Growers @joy_theproject . Engaging Storytellin