Locally sourced refreshments, good tunes and gardening workshops: Register for Soil Festival 2017

Locally sourced refreshments, good tunes and gardening workshops: Register for Soil Festival 2017

Soil Festival 2017 is just nearly one week away, and we are so excited to have the local food community come out for such a wonderful event raising awareness of the power of healthy soil. From community gardeners, backyard gardeners, school gardeners and urban farmers, this will be a true community event for Atlanta’s growers.

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Check out some of the exhibitors for Soil Festival 2017 and what you need to bring for a complimentary soil screening

From viewing hobby worms to meeting furry animals in a petting zoo, there will be a variety of exhibitors on hand to tell you more about their work and share resources and tools to help you enjoy the successes of gardening. Check out some of the exhibitors who you will get to meet next month during Soil Festival 2017 and learn what to bring for a complimentary soil screening.

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Local food entrepreneur addressing food insecurity in Atlanta’s low-access communities receives investment from Spanx founder and Center for Civic Innovation

Local food entrepreneur addressing food insecurity in Atlanta’s low-access communities receives investment from Spanx founder and Center for Civic Innovation

Local food entrepreneur and Food Well Alliance grant recipient Yasmeen Sabir has been selected as one of 10 female social entrepreneurs to participate in a one-year fellowship with the Sara Blakely Foundation and the Center for Civic Innovation.

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Compost education leader envisions city-wide composting for Atlanta

Compost education leader envisions city-wide composting for Atlanta

Leaders from organizations including Compostwheels, Georgia Recycling Coalition, Truly Living Well and the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Sustainability, collaborated to identify challenges concerning the local community-based composting ecosystem during the latest Working Table.

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Starting the year off right! Food Well Alliance’s newest grant recipients gather to identify shared success metrics before beginning their projects

Starting the year off right! Food Well Alliance’s newest grant recipients gather to identify shared success metrics before beginning their projects

From start-up enterprises to established non-profit organizations, collecting data to measure outcomes for success can be daunting. Last week, Food Well Alliance gathered passionate leaders from 14 organizations who received a 2017 Local Food Grant to help make this a little easier.

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