Answer:
Long before it became trendy to tout food as "local" or 'seasonal' African-American chefs in the South had already 5 theonzed ways to eat well off what the land provides, lessons that are slowly but surely being rediscovered.
THE ANSWER IS PIONEERED
Explanation: To pioneer something is to be the first to develop or launch a new method, area of knowledge, ect
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