Hundreds show up to learn how to grow and nurture their home gardens at annual Soil Festival, hosted by Food Well Alliance and our Family 2 Family partners.
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A group that supports more than 300 urban farms and community gardens across metro Atlanta hosted its annual soil festival on Saturday.
Food Well Alliance invited people to Maddox Park in northwest Atlanta.
Volunteers and local growers talked to crowds about things like composting, gardening at home, and even beekeeping.
Foodwell Alliance’s Soil Festival will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 6 at Maddox Park. The fundraiser will help support more than 300 farms, community gardens and orchards in metro Atlanta. Attendees can dine on food from local vendors, learn about the importance of healthy soil, meet local food leaders and engage in cooking demos, children’s activities and workshops on such topics as composting, beekeeping and gardening.
Read MoreNonprofit Food Well Alliance is on a mission to connect people with healthy food options in their own backyard by creating thriving community gardens and urban farms.
Read MoreIt’s no secret that we love to eat here at Good Day Atlanta, although we’re usually so focused on the final product that we forget to think about where our food came from. But there’s no danger of that happening at a unique event happening in Atlanta this weekend, dedicated to highlighting the journey from planting…to plating.
Read MoreCelebrate soil at the 7th Annual Soil Festival with Food Well Alliance, Truly Living Well and WABE.
Read MoreThe 6th Annual Soil Festival was a two-day event from May 21-22. Saturday, attendees were at Truly Living Well for a day on the farm. Those who attended were able to enjoy farm tours, compost and vermicompost workshops, gardening classes, a petting zoo, a BYOB(ucket) compost giveaway, and much more!
Read MoreLearn more about Food Well Aliance’s partnership with Truly Living Well for Soil Festival 2019.
Read MoreDuring the 5th annual Soil Festival on May 4, Food Well Alliance will be previewing a Community Compost Learning Lab at the Truly Living Well urban farm. The lab’s focus on composting education is the only one of its kind in the area and will continue to be a learning resource for all farmers, gardeners and home composters after the festival.
Read MoreOn this episode of Grow for Kids, we'll dig deep into the world of soil, an essential ingredient for human life on Earth. Join two kids just like you - Jaylen and Ally - as they explore Food Well Alliance's 2018 Soil Festival. We'll learn how to compost and grow lima beans from a plastic bottle.
Read MoreGrowers at Historic Westside Gardens build a local food system in gardens and backyards in the Westside of Atlanta.
Read MoreFood 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—Chairman Emeritus of Cox Enterprises and Chairman of the James M. Cox Foundation—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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