"Our Food: Our Stories" Interview with Shirley Zhou, July 28, 2023

"Our Food: Our Stories" Interview with Shirley Zhou of EY Ecological Garden.
"Our Food: Our Stories" is an oral history series that seeks to preserve experiences of Ozarks farmers and our Ozarks agricultural heritage. Interviews have been collected from a diverse group of farmers across the region with particular emphasis on the stories of indigenous people, as well as immigrants, veterans, those who are underserved, the socially disadvantaged, individuals of color, as well as beginning farmers.This project is a collaboration between Springfield Community Gardens, Missouri State University Libraries and the MSU Ozarks Poverty Working Group. Springfield Community Gardens is sponsoring this program in partnership with the Missouri Humanities and with support from the Missouri Humanities Trust Fund.
This interview includes the recording of Shirley Zhou of EY Ecological Garden on July 28, 2023 at her farm in Marshfield, MO with MSU Professors of Anthropology, Dr. Marnie K. Watson and Dr. Erin Kenny, and Anna Withers, Farmer and Resource Development Manager at Springfield Community Gardens.