Food Well Alliance expands support for local growers to help build healthier communities - WABE

Food Well Alliance expands support for local growers to help build healthier communities - WABE

Food Well Alliance is an Atlanta-based nonprofit with a straightforward mission: to provide resources and support to local growers while helping build healthier, more connected communities. Learn about new updates with Local Food System Planning on WABE’s Closer Look.

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The Growth Industry Episode 4: How federal budget cuts are affecting horticulture nonprofits - Greenhouse Management

In the fourth episode, available above or wherever you get your podcasts, Erica Kratofil, co-executive director of The Giving Grove; Linda Appel Lipsius, executive director of Denver Urban Gardens; and Kate Conner, executive director of Food Well Alliance join Katie McDaniel, associate editor of Nursery Management, to talk about how the U.S. federal budget cuts are affecting their organizations, why these cuts should matter to the horticulture industry and the long-term impacts on both their organizations and the industry if funding remains uncertain.

Watch the full episode on Greenhouse Management.

Braves break ground on project tackling food, housing insecurity - MLB

Food insecurity has long been a cause that Braves vice president of community affairs and executive director of the Braves Foundation Danielle Bedasse has championed.

“One in three kids in the United States of America go to school hungry,” she said. “The prevalence of food insecurity is rampant. … It’s working poor, middle-class families that can’t afford to feed their children. There is just an increase in cost and prices, but the accessibility of organic or locally grown food is an issue.

Read the full article on MLB.com.

Volunteers with Atlanta Braves, MLB, and others build community garden in southeast Atlanta - WSB-TV

The Atlanta Braves and Major League Baseball teamed up with several organizations to unveil a new community garden on Saturday morning.

The garden is at the undeveloped Leila Valley apartment site in southeast Atlanta.

It is expected to produce thousands of pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables every year.

Watch the video at WSB-TV.