The enslaved community at Mount Vernon supplemented their ration of cornmeal and salted fish by growing gardens, raising chickens, and foraging. The Potomac River and Mount Vernon's forests provided foods such as fish, oysters, persimmons, acorns, and more. Join the Youth Programs team in the Ford Orientation Center to discover more about the types of foods available and how archaeology helps us to understand more about the types of foods they were eating.