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.
Atlanta Housing is partnering with a local nonprofit to provide access to fresh fruits and vegetables in a community where it plans to build residential units.
The latest: Atlanta Housing and Food Well Alliance are teaming up to open the Leila Valley Community Farm.
Even beyond the 2025 MLB All-Star Game, Major League Baseball, along with the Atlanta Braves and the Atlanta Braves Foundation, are looking to leave a lasting impression on the local community following the big event at Truist Park in July.
The groups, along with Braves community partners, are combining to invest more than $4 million into community projects for baseball and softball opportunities for youth, as well as support for veterans and sustainable food and farming to underserved communities.
Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Atlanta Braves are investing millions in several projects aimed at bettering the lives of people throughout metro Atlanta.
The sporting league and the team, along with the Atlanta Braves Foundation, announced the 2025 All-Star Legacy initiative, which the organizations said will “ensure that the 2025 MLB All-Star Week leaves a meaningful impact in and throughout greater metro Atlanta.”
With Atlanta playing host to this season’s All-Star Week festivities, beginning on July 11 and culminating with the 95th MLB All-Star Game at Truist Park on July 15, Major League Baseball, in partnership with the Atlanta Braves and the Atlanta Braves Foundation, announced on Wednesday over $4 million in 2025 All-Star Legacy initiatives benefiting the Atlanta metro area.
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.
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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