Our Mission - Working in a model of community-based social science, The University of Georgia’s Cornelia Walker Bailey Program on Land, Sea and Agriculture seeks to address important questions on the history, present status, and future of agriculture, seal level rise, property politics and related issues on Sapelo Island and across the Gullah Geechee Corridor.The program works to facilitate meaningful partnerships among UGA faculty and students, the staff of the State of Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources, the staff of the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve, and residents of the Hogg Hummock community. The Program most closely partners with Save Our Legacy Ourself (SOLO) based on Sapelo Island but also the Athens-based oyster shell recycling organization Shell to Shore. Our Projects Cornelia Walker Bailey Program News In the News An Endangered Southern Citrus Tree Created The Aperitivo You’ll Love More Than Aperol Southern Living: This Rare Georgia Red Pea Is Helping Protect A Historic Geechee Community: Atlanta Journal Constitution Video: Can oyster shells save a sinking island off Georgia’s coast?: Atlanta Journal Constitution– Saving Sapelo: Can a historic Black community stay above the waves?: “Memory, (Re)Making, and the Futures of Indigo” NOAA recommends collaborative oyster reef restoration project for funding Oyster shells from Atlanta restaurants are helping save the Georgia coast America’s Test Kitchen Podcast: The Lost Crops of Sapelo Reviving a Crop and an African-American Culture, Stalk by Stalk How to Hold Back the Ocean Related Courses GEOG 4890S/6890S Athens Urban Food Collective Contact Information Nik Heynen Distinguished Research Professor Department of Geography University of Georgia nheynen@uga.edu Maurice Bailey 1057 Banks Rd., Box 7 Sapelo Island, GA 31327 maurice@saveourlegacyourself.org Cornelia Walker Bailey Program Lab site: https://cwbp.uga.edu/
