On 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 MoreCox Enterprises is a strong supporter of strengthening Atlanta’s local economy through the food movement, building healthy communities, supporting innovation and connecting people to food resources. Last year, the James M. Cox Foundation announced a $3.5 million grant to support Atlanta’s Food Well Alliance. Formed in partnership with Atlanta Community Food Bank, the alliance aims to transform Atlanta’s local food system and improve local quality of life.
Read MoreAlex Taylor speaks about his work on the board of directors of Atlanta nonprofit Food Well Alliance, which connects members of Atlanta’s local food movement to build healthier communities.
Read MoreIn Atlanta, Cox has been driving force behind the Atlanta BeltLine, a national blueprint for urban renewal, and Food Well Alliance, an organization bolstering Atlanta's local food movement to build healthier communities.
Read MoreTurning the Westside into a locally-grown, fresh-food mecca for itself and the city is taking root thanks in part to the Food Well Alliance.
Read MoreGreat soil is the foundation of any good backyard vegetable patch or community garden, but it’s hard to know how your soil is shaping up without a soil test.
Read MoreBill Bolling joins Jocelyn Dorsey on People 2 People to share about the growing benefits of Atlanta's local food movement.
Read MoreCox Enterprises today announced that Alexander C. Taylor, great-grandson of company Founder James M. Cox, has been promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective immediately.
Read MoreILSR and Terra Nova Compost collaborated closely to fundraise for, design and implement the inaugural class of the Community Compost Advocate Training Program (CCATP), which was offered with with generous financial support of the Food Well Alliance.
Read MoreThere are at least 80 urban farms in metro Atlanta.
Read MoreJames M. Cox Foundation gave Atlanta-based Food Well Alliance a nearly $3.8 million grant to help the organization continue to grow.
Read MoreGeorgia is a great location for PREP because of the people who live here. They have embraced small food entrepreneurs, and as a result, have brought a proliferation of locally grown and producedfoods available throughout Georgia.
Read MoreAtlanta is joining a national shift among metropolitan regions toward healthy livable communities and away from previous growth patterns that produced costly sprawl,blight and food deserts.
Read MoreBolling recently started the Food Well Alliance and hired a staff developed around the fresh food movement. He emphasizes his time on the Decatur city commission is strictly temporary.
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, 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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