A Pop Up Lunch with Chef Pops!

Meet Chef Pops and his team. Learn about his foodways entrepreneur story and culinary heritage, and inspirations.

Chef Pops will be cooking just for you. Enjoy a menu featuring an array of dishes that celebrate the fusion of African American, Carribean and flavors , and enjoy socializing in the magical setting of the 1800s Main House.

• Roots Chowder (GF) Oyster Mushroom, Mire Pox, Roasted Red Pepper, Garlic Confit, Cream and Potato Croutons
• Humble Fried Chicken
• Hemings Mac & Cheese Our Rendition Of Chef James Heming's Original Creation.
• Lavender Apples and Acidulated Collards with Aged Asiago
• Lincoln Hill Soul Roll-GF Pigeon Pea Hummus, Humble Slaw, Saffron Rice served with History Sauce
• Humble Rice Pudding

12 pm - 12:15 pm Main House

• Meet Chef Pops and other guests

12:15 pm - 2 pm

• Sit down with everyone and enjoy an African American Soul Food Fusion lunch.
• Sighs and goodbyes

The African Diaspora Foodways Institute of Vermont is a Clemmons Family Farm pilot initiative in partnership with the University of Vermont. It is funded in part by the Leahy Institute of Rural Partnerships and the Vermont Agency of Agriculture Working Lands program.

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Chef Andrew Wade Gonyon, known as Chef Pops, is a seventh-generation Black Vermonter and the founder of Humble Revelry, a restaurant in Milton, VT. His culinary approach, which he calls "Savant Approach," blends classical European techniques with Afro-diasporic traditions, Midwest soul, and New England comfort food. Chef Pops's journey began with a food trailer, leading to the opening of a brick-and-mortar restaurant in 2024 with business partner Michael Ummarino.

Humble Revelry offers a culinary experience rooted in culture, storytelling, and community, with dishes like shrimp and grits inspired by emancipation stories and suya-braised beef cheeks with jollof-style arancini. The menu emphasizes local Vermont ingredients while incorporating global flavors, particularly from West Africa, the Caribbean, and Black American culinary history.

Advance registration is required for admission, with one ticket per person. Your name must be on the list. If you have more than one person in your party, you must register the name of each person in order to receive an admission ticket.

MAIN PARKING: 2213 GREENBUSH ROAD, CHARLOTTE VT 05445.

Our greeters and guard service will direct you to the Main House (2158 Greenbush Rd.) located a 2 min. walk on the west side of Greenbush Road (the side where you can see the Adirondack Mountains. Please let us know if you have difficulty walking- we are reserving parking for you right in front of the Main House at 2158 Greenbush Road.

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Advance registration is required and your name must be on the registration list in order to be admitted. One ticket per person. If you have more than one person in your party, you'll need to register for each person.

Only 25 attendees will be admitted to enable us to offer quality interactions and a friendly, safe, and low-key community environment. Clemmons Family Farm reserves the right to refuse admission or eject, at our sole discretion, any person behaving dangerously or inappropriately, or for safety, health, or any other reasons.

By attending this Event, You agree that visual/audio recordings of the Event, including your voice and likeness, may be used for any purpose on a worldwide basis, in perpetuity, without any compensation to You.

Clemmons Family Farm shall not be responsible or liable for any loss, damage, cost, or injury that arises from, or in connection with, Your attendance at this Event.

**Note: Please do not explore other venues on the farm that are closed to the public.

The Clemmons farm is a smoke-free, vapor-free environment- both indoors and outdoors.

No alcoholic beverages are permitted during community arts programs at the Clemmons farm.

The safety and well-being of our visitors, artists, and staff are of the utmost importance. To ensure a safe venue for all, the possession of firearms, fireworks, explosives, incendiary devices, knives, or weapons of any kind is prohibited on the Clemmons farm property and in the farm's facilities, except those carried by law enforcement officers who are on duty. All visitors to the farm, and their belongings, such as bags or purses, are subject to search and enforcement, and anyone found in violation will be asked to secure the weapon inside their vehicle or at home or leave the property immediately.

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1. The program is indoors. If you are ill, not feeling well, have a fever or a cough, please stay home and take care of yourself!
2. Maximum participants:25

1. A relaxed and curious attitude- this program is fun, low-key, and intriguing!
2. An appetite to enjoy this pop-up meal.

Parking is located on the lawns right at the entrance of 2213 Greenbush Road- you will see "Event Parking" signs indicating the areas where you can park. You will then cross the road and walk north to the Main House, which is located at 2158 Greenbush Road (Adirondack Mountain side) and is where the meal will be held.

The Main House is a historic building with three steps leading into the entrance. There is no wheelchair access ramp.

Please let us know if you have difficulty walking- we are reserving parking for you right in front of the Main House at 2158 Greenbush Road. Email ZXZlbnRzIHwgY2xlbW1vbnNmYW1pbHlmYXJtICEgb3Jn or call/text 802-999-6137 if you will need assistance for accessibility parking.

Young children may not enjoy this program and would need to be supervised by an adult at all times. Teenagers and young adults will more likely enjoy this program.

This program is an indoor program at the Main House located at 2158 Greenbush Road. Please follow the directions of our staff and greeters who will help direct you to the venue.

Please DO NOT explore other parts of the property without being accompanied by a Clemmons Family Farm team member. The other buildings or outdoor areas of the Farm are off-limits.

Please check for information on how to donate to the 501c3 nonprofit organization Clemmons Family Farm, Inc. that stewards the historic Clemmons farm. You may also send a donation to Clemmons Family Farm, Inc. through Venmo.

Please contact us if you have any questions about the event. Email ZXZlbnRzIHwgY2xlbW1vbnNmYW1pbHlmYXJtICEgb3Jn or text/call (802) 999-6137.

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About Clemmons Family Farm: Preserve, Empower, Build

Located in Charlotte near beautiful Lake Champlain, the historic Clemmons farm includes 6 historic buildings (circa late 1700s-1800s) and 138 acres of prime farmland and forests, ponds and streams abundant with wildlife.

The elders Jackson and Lydia Clemmons purchased their beloved historic farm in 1962 for $35,000- an astronomical amount of money for a young African-American couple just starting their careers- under a 30-year mortgage. For 60 consecutive years, they never sold a single acre due to their firm belief in land as an important asset for African-Americans to build equity and legacy.

In 2019, a group of Clemmons family members, friends and advisers co-founded the 501c3 nonprofit organization- Clemmons Family Farm, Inc.- to preserve and steward the farm under a 20-year lease and to continue the community-building work, farming, and celebration of African-American history, art and culture, that Jack and Lydia led on their farm for nearly 60 years.

In 2023, through a private fundraising campaign, Clemmons Family Farm, Inc. purchased the historic Clemmons farm from the Clemmons elders when they were 100 years old. The Farm was purchased at its appraised fair market value and we conserved 122 acres under a land conservation easement to protect the beautiful land and natural resources, and to build a community around cherishing a remarkable African American legacy.

The African Diaspora Foodways Institute of Vermont's Pop Up Lunch culinary artist-in-residency series is closely tied to Clemmons Family Farm's organizational mission to:

• PRESERVE and maintain the historic Clemmons farm in Charlotte, Vermont as an educational prototype, and a model for preserving African-American owned agricultural land, cultural and heritage assets in the U.S.

• EMPOWER a growing network of Vermont's artists, including those who bear the cultures of the African diaspora, with opportunities for professional development, advocacy, visibility, networking, paid engagements, collective healing, and a safe haven for creativity that helps them to thrive;

• BUILD a loving multicultural community around African-American/African diaspora history, arts and culture.

The kind donations we receive from the general public help us steward the Clemmons Farm and make it available for free phenomenal community programs like this one.

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