At Tummy and Soul, Urban Recipe celebrates growth with gratitude! The event helps raise critical funds to support food co-ops and food security programming. Because of their collective efforts, hundreds of families are food secure and belong to a caring community!
Food Well Alliance and WABE are excited to host Atlanta's premier urban agriculture event! We're creating a family-friendly event where attendees of all ages can gather to learn more about urban agriculture and our local food leaders. Soil Festival will be held at Atlanta’s historic Maddox Park on Saturday, May 4 from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
In celebration of Earth Day, Food Well Alliance is giving away free compost to gardeners! Whether you are growing food in your backyard or have a bed at a community garden, all growers are welcome to stop by on Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20.
This summit features 35+ innovative policy makers and industry leaders, and is hosted in partnership with Emory University and Spelman College. Speakers and participants will discuss how to empower eaters through policy pillars of access, affordability, and healthy choices, identify the gaps and barriers that hinder these things, and brainstorm potential solutions.
In partnership with Food Well Alliance, UGA Extension, and North Fulton Farm Bureau to host an event where farmers and food entrepreneurs can connect, learn and grow their business. Join us on Monday, April 8 from 4-6 PM at 970 Jefferson Street NW.
Add native plants to your gardens and containers to grow a more wildlife-friendly greenspace. The CNC native plant sale, with knowledgeable staff and volunteers available for questions, is a unique opportunity for you to shop from an incredible selection of plants native to Georgia. The plant sale will take place outdoors, rain or shine.
Add native plants to your gardens and containers to grow a more wildlife-friendly greenspace. The CNC native plant sale, with knowledgeable staff and volunteers available for questions, is a unique opportunity for you to shop from an incredible selection of plants native to Georgia. The plant sale will take place outdoors, rain or shine.
Join us as we learn from Program Managers Fred Conrad (Food Well Alliance in Atlanta) and Dean Gunderson (Seed St. Louis) as they discuss different grapes from Muscadine (V. rotundifolia) to hybrid species.
The Fruit Tree Sale offers over 50 varieties of fruit trees, vines, and berry bushes that are ideal for planting in Georgia. The sale raises funds for The Orchard Project. Join us for the In-Person Sale and Pick-Up Day will be held on Saturday, February 17, 2024 from 10 a.m - 1 p.m at 970 Jefferson St. NW, Atlanta GA 30318.
Interested in turning your food scraps into fertilizer for your plants? Join Food Well Alliance for a workshop on traditional and Bokashi composting, led by Niamke Shropshire-Boykin, founder of GlycoSponge.
Calling all farmers! Join Food Well Alliance on January 22 for the evening to explore the support available to small-scale growers from local government, private entities, and nonprofit organizations.
In 2024, Food Well plans to provide $274,000 in grants through two categories of support: a $8,000 Farm Support Grant awarded to 28 farms and a $25,000 Farm Forward Grant awarded to 2 farms.
Have questions about the new grant opportunity, application timeline, or other grant guidelines? Join Grants Manager Bobby Farmer for a Q&A Webinar on December 7 at 10 AM to learn more about the 2024 Farm Grant process. Register here to catch the webinar live and learn more about this year’s farm grant opportunities. The webinar will be recorded if you can’t attend the live webinar.
The Fruit Tree Sale offers over 50 varieties of fruit trees, vines, and berry bushes that are ideal for planting in Georgia. The sale raises funds for The Orchard Project.
Join us at Atlanta Harvest for a Soil Social on December 11 from 6-9! We'll have a discussion of soil health, demos of vermicompost systems from Hiwassee Products, and opportunities to view your soil under a microscope and bring home some compost tea!
Food Well Alliance is hosting a Fall Compost Giveaway for anyone and everyone! Bring your buckets, wheelbarrows, and pickup trucks to load up with fresh, high-quality compost in the parking lot of 970 Jefferson Street NW from 10 am - 3 pm.
Food Well Alliance is hosting a Fall Compost Giveaway for anyone and everyone! Bring your buckets, wheelbarrows, and pickup trucks to load up with fresh, high-quality compost in the parking lot of 970 Jefferson Street NW from 10 am - 3 pm.
Join us to celebrate a program years in the making! Learn about East Point’s growing local food system and how you can be involved in diverting food wast from landfills and building healthy soil for the community.
Join the next East Point Grown’s Garden Like A Boss with Tenision Seanima on September 9! The topic will be soil amendments.
Join us as we celebrate the 2023 Great Southeast Pollinator Census! On Saturday, August 19 at Tapestry, our donation garden, you can participate in the census and learn more about our local pollinators.
Join us as we celebrate the 2023 Great Southeast Pollinator Census on August 19 at North Marietta Neighborhood Community Garden! This is a drop-in counting opportunity where you can come anytime between 11 am - 2 pm to complete your your count for the pollinator census.
Join us as we celebrate the 2023 Great Southeast Pollinator Census on August 19 at Lawrenceville Community Garden! This is a drop-in counting opportunity hosted by Lawrenceville Community Garden where you can come anytime between 10 am -1 pm to complete your your count for the pollinator census.
Join us as we celebrate the 2023 Great Southeast Pollinator Census on August 18 at Chattahoochee Queen Farm! This event is hosted by Chattahoochee Queen, an Atlanta-based flower farm. You’ll be able to tour the farm and get instructions on how to complete a count from FWA staff.
Join us as we celebrate the 2023 Great Southeast Pollinator Census on August 18 at Sejakgomo Farm! This is a drop-in counting opportunity hosted by Sejakgomo Farm where you can come anytime between 12-2 pm to complete your your count for the pollinator census.
Our friends at Concrete Jungle are hosting their largest pick of the season on Saturday, June 24th!
Led by Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute, this two-day free training program is for entrepreneurs and growers looking to scale up their operations from their home to a commercial kitchen.
Join the Food Well Alliance Resource Center Team for an exciting workshop on repurposing pallets into functional planter boxes for your home garden or farm! This is the first workshop in a series focused on promoting sustainability, creativity, self-sufficiency, and community engagement through repurposed materials.
During this hands-on workshop, attendees will learn how to disassemble pallets and transform the wood into beautiful and practical planter boxes. No prior experience is needed as our Resource Center team will guide you through each step, demonstrating proper tool-handling techniques and providing all necessary tools and materials.
Interested participants of all skill levels are welcome to attend. Space for this workshop is limited, so secure your spot by RSVPing today!
Interested in learning more about entomology? Join ANR Agent Gabrielle LaTora and AgLanta for our Insect Integrated Pest Management series!
Interested in learning more about entomology? Join ANR Agent Gabrielle LaTora and AgLanta for our Insect Integrated Pest Management series!
Interested in learning more about entomology? Join ANR Agent Gabrielle LaTora and AgLanta for our Insect Integrated Pest Management series!
Join us for the first of three upcoming Grower-Buyer Mixers! Sponsored by AgLanta, SageD Consulting, and Marta Markets, these Grower-Buyer Mixers are platforms for local Atlanta farmers, growers, and vendors to amplify their work as well as meet distributors, aggregators and chefs for future collaborations and co-creation.
On Saturday, May 13th from 3–7 p.m, Concrete Jungle hosts their largest annual event, the Spectacular Fruit Ramble, to explore the varieties of edible fruit growing in the city of Atlanta. This event is a kickoff to fruit season and also begins the volunteer season for Concrete Jungle.
Food Well Alliance: We are connecting organizations that are working to make metro Atlanta's local food system resilient, including production, processing, distribution, consumption and recovery.
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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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