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Read MoreAt Miller City Farm, we believe resilient communities come from intentional collaboration between local government, businesses, and community pillars such as schools and faith organizations.
Read MoreConcrete Jungle exists to continue on the tradition of feeding families these nutrient dense reminders of our agricultural heritage. In our past 10 years, we have found 3,200 fruit trees around the city.
Read MoreLess than a 5 min walk down the BeltLine, we Aluma Farmers are transforming an old urban lot into a Food Oasis.
Read MoreWe are twin brothers and the founders of Grow with the Flow, also known as the Grow Bros. We operate an innovative farm model in our community of Tucker where we grow on a network of gardens on underutilized residential lawns.
Read MoreMany farmers stories stretch back thru family farms passed down to them, others are ones which take a direct route through ag school into business. But our story began with a fixer-upper, a horse, and 7 baby chicks.
Read MoreGraduates from the Georgia Institute of Technology who respectively serve in the National Guard and Navy Reserve, brothers Reggie and Roger Ramos started Grow with the Flow, LLC in 2014 to provide local and naturally grown produce for residents of Tucker, GA.
Read MoreHaylene Green is a nurse by passion, printer by trade, and a farmer by DNA.
Read MoreWhen Rosario Hernandez first moved to the Westside, it was really hard to find good quality produce. One day, she looked at her big backyard and said to herself, “Let me just grow some stuff of my own.”
Read MoreOver the past few weeks, we’ve traveled nearly 500 miles visiting the sites of our 2017 and 2018 grant recipients. What a privilege to see the things they’ve accomplished - and to hear about the challenges they’ve faced.
Read MoreBrent Hall is the farmer and owner of Freewheel Farm, a diversified urban farm made up of three sites in the heart of Atlanta. They maximize their space through intensive planting, and believe that the quality of our produce starts with the health of their soil.
Read MoreIn 2012, Nuri Icgoren founded Urban Sprout Farms, a biodynamic, certified organic farm located in the Polar Rock neighborhood of Lakewood Heights. The five-acre plot, just a few miles southeast of Downtown Atlanta, is home to hoop houses, fresh herbs and flower beds, producing an average of 8,600 pounds of food annually.
Read MoreCashawn Myers is the Executive Director of HABESHA, Inc, a Pan-African organization that cultivates leadership in youth and families through practical experiences in cultural education, sustainable agriculture, entrepreneurship, holistic health, and technology.
Read MoreSagdrina Jalal is the founding Executive Director of the Georgia Farmers Market Association, a statewide organization led by farmers, farmers market managers and other local food advocates. GFMA seeks to support communities in growing healthy local food systems and foster pathways to equitable food access.
Read MoreFood Well Alliance is excited to announce our 2019 grant opportunities, with an investment of $200,000 in metro Atlanta’s local food system.
Read MoreThis spring, Food Well Alliance partnered with The Common Market Georgia to host the Local Food & Healthcare Working Table. We convened representatives from our local food movement and healthcare institutions to determine how we can work together to improve health outcomes across Metro Atlanta. Today’s story comes from Dr. Neil Cooper, a physician at Kaiser Permanente.
Read MoreAs a local food leader in a city surrounded by excellent healthcare providers, Food Well Alliance went straight to the source to determine how local food could improve healthcare outcomes in Metro Atlanta. We partnered with The Common Market Georgia to host the Local Food & Healthcare Working Table held on March 22 and 29, 2018. Here’s what we discovered.
Read MoreThanks so much to everyone who joined us for Soil Festival 2018. This year’s event was our best yet! Find out more about what went down and check out some beautiful photos.
Read MoreThe fourth annual Soil Festival is just days away! We’re working hard to prepare an incredible experience and want to fill you in on some important details.
Read MoreSoil Festival 2018 will be held on May 5 at Truly Living Well’s Collegetown Farm, located at 324 Lawton Street SW Atlanta, GA, 30310. While limited parking will be available, we encourage attendees to utilize options like biking, Lyft/Uber, or MARTA.
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The creation of Food Well Alliance was made possible through funding from the founding benefactor, the James M. Cox Foundation, and through the vision of Jim Kennedy, chair of Cox Enterprises, and Bill Bolling, founder of the Atlanta Community Food Bank. Together, they saw an opportunity to build healthier communities across metro Atlanta by supporting and connecting members of our local food movement. Today, we support more than 300 community gardens, urban farms and orchards in the Atlanta region.
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