Vanilla So Black: An Ice Cream Social with The Chocolate Botanist

Join Derek Haynes, the Chocolate Botanist, for an engaging talk about vanilla's botanical origins, highlighting pivotal contributions of Black people in vanilla cultivation, addressing historical complexities surrounding Black communities' relationship with vanilla, sharing aspects of vanilla's cultural significance in Mexican and African cultures, and offering insight into vanilla's global culinary role. Vanilla ice cream samples will be provided, with additional flavors available for sale. Registration and fee information coming soon.