Amyrose Miller-Foll
Birth Name:
Amyrose Miller
Height:
160 cm
Amyrose is the founder of The Virginia Free Farm, which works to provide free nutrient dense food assistance to those in need. The organization also provides free-of-charge plants and seeds to community gardens, schools, and community-based organizations, as well as educates young people in the Richmond metro area about indigenous agriculture &...
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Amyrose is the founder of The Virginia Free Farm, which works to provide free nutrient dense food assistance to those in need. The organization also provides free-of-charge plants and seeds to community gardens, schools, and community-based organizations, as well as educates young people in the Richmond metro area about indigenous agriculture & lifeways. Amyrose's strong background in healthcare and her native heritage (Penobscot/Abenaki) is what prompted her to begin advocating for food sovereignty, security, and preservation of indigenous food culture through seed saving & distribution. She is focusing on teaching Indigenous lifeways and ethnobotanical knowledge to the region's children, preserving heritage seed, and feeding the community in order to cultivate the next generation of land and water protectors. AmyRose is a U.S. Army veteran, former fire fighter-paramedic, and nurse. She has a background in Biology & Healthcare, in addition to a Master's in Health Information Management, and digital marketing. She holds certificates in viticulture & fruit tree production, poultry production, and well as woodlot management from Cornell University. Show less «
Unity is one of the fundamental principles of our indigenous leadership, and collectivism. We must find the common denominator within oursel...Show more »
Unity is one of the fundamental principles of our indigenous leadership, and collectivism. We must find the common denominator within ourselves, as a society, with the living Earth, and the global community to foster healing of these historic wounds we have endured both as a nation, and as stewards of the Earth. We must look to the ancestors, and hold up their prayers and intentions for our future resilience. We must set aside our differences be they political, religious, etc. that only create otherness, and commit ourselves to our future oneness as a people that will lead us out of the crises we have endured this past year until balance is restored from the pandemic, the environment, and and for a collective peaceful social good. Show less «
I realize one woman can't single-handedly transform an entire regional foodshed. Luckily, women from matrilineal systems are taught from a y...Show more »
I realize one woman can't single-handedly transform an entire regional foodshed. Luckily, women from matrilineal systems are taught from a young age to take up space and use their power by design. We have little trouble unapologetically embracing the positions of leadership and strength meant for us. My ancestors have willed this resistance into existence. I'm instinctively led by the wisdom and blood memory of all the matriarchs that came before me. Show less «
