The Lost Crops of Sapelo Island (Best of Proof: Travel Edition)

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🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In this week's episode of Best of Proof: Travel Edition, we take the ferry to Georgia's Sapelo Island to visit the Gullah Geechee community. Every year, storms, salt water, and construction threaten the land. But Sapelo resident Maurice Bailey is fighting to protect the island by reviving Geechee agriculture. Will he succeed? Claire Reynolds reports in this episode from 2023.

To learn more about Maurice Bailey’s efforts on Sapelo Island, go to saveourlegacyourself.org.

Try our version of a Gullah Geechee tradition, Hoppin' John.

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0:00.0	Hi, proof listeners, it's Jack Bishop.
0:05.4	It's not often that we get to travel to islands where most people will never set foot.
0:10.5	But in this week's Best of Proof, travel edition, our reporter does just that.
0:16.4	This episode from 2023 Chronicles Life in the historic Hog Hammock community on Sappolo Island in Georgia.
0:25.1	It's home to Maurice Bailey, a member of the African-American Gullahigi community.
0:30.9	And he's fighting to protect crops like the red peas and purple ribbon sugar cane,
0:36.2	which are essential ingredients in Gucci dishes.
0:39.3	Will Maurice succeed?
0:41.0	Find out on this episode, hosted by Kevin Pang.
0:49.3	I really love this quote by the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu.
0:58.4	The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
1:03.0	Now, I, Kevin Pang, have a similar idea.
1:06.6	The only way to eat a 72-ounce porterhouse steak is one bite at a time.
1:12.5	Look, I don't think they'll be letting me teach philosophy 101 anytime soon,
1:16.4	but jokes aside, I do like the sentiment of that adage.
1:20.7	It's about how to tackle the seemingly impossible.
1:23.9	Sometimes you've got to chip away at the problem,
1:25.7	even when the problem seems intractable.
1:28.5	And then one day, hopefully, you'll reach a tipping point.
1:35.8	Today on Proof from America's Test Kitchen, we're going to talk about chipping away at seemingly impossible problems.
1:43.1	We'll take you to the state of Georgia, to Sepulow Island.
1:46.2	There, the saltwater Gichi community is facing encroaching development and tides, and they're
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