Gardening alert: Join the Food Well Alliance Soil Festival May 7 - WSB-TV
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Celebrate soil at the 7th Annual Soil Festival with Food Well Alliance, Truly Living Well and WABE.
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Nonprofits come together to plant orchards across metro Atlanta - WSB-TV
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Some metro area nonprofits have figured out a way to get fresh fruit to people who can’t afford it — they’re growing it. Channel 2′s Berndt Petersen spent time with some volunteers this week along Hi Hope Lane in Lawrenceville, where they were planting all kinds of berries in a brand-new orchard to help a community in need.
Read MoreAlpharetta partners with Food Well Alliance to promote local agriculture - Appen Media
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While even some locals may find it hard to picture, the city of Alpharetta was once a small agrarian community. Though its population has grown more than twentyfold over the past four decades, the city is now seeking to return to its locally-grown roots by promoting fresh, sustainable community agriculture.
Read MoreReporter’s Notebook: Alpharetta selected to create City Agriculture Plan - Saporta Report
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With the help of the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) and Food Well Alliance, the City of Alpharetta will craft a City Agriculture Plan. The ARC will help develop a plan to create sustainable food systems in Alpharetta, and the Food Well Alliance will help implement the plan — pledging $75,000 in funding to help bring it to fruition.
Read MoreGrant seeds Alpharetta plan for growing sustainable foods - AJC
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Alpharetta is creating an agricultural master plan for growing healthy sustainable foods that could eventually be woven into city development. The plan has $150,000 in initial funding and will be approached similar to a master plan for economic development or recreation and parks, Amanda Musilli, Alpharetta community services manager said.
Read MoreAlpharetta getting $75k grant for 'urban farming'- WSB-TV
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With the help of Food Well Alliance and the Atlanta Regional Commission, the City of Alpharetta will develop the next City Agriculture Plan. The plan will help create sustainable food systems in Alpharetta and in early spring, the city will seek input from residents during the community engagement phase.
Read MoreDeep Roots - Georgia Trend
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Georgia is blessed with an almost year-round growing season – one reason that agribusiness routinely ranks as the state’s No. 1 industry. With almost 10 million acres of farmland, the Peach State has a long history of agriculture.
Read MoreNonprofit food truck hands out meals to frontline workers - WSB-TV
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The Food Well Alliance Compost Connectors program at Truly Living seeks to ignite a passion in students for growing, cooking and eating more healthy food! Through the Compost Connectors program, students K-12 at partnering schools in Gwinnett county, Marietta and Atlanta will come to understand their role in building healthier communities by interacting with each phase of the compost cycle.
Read MoreLocal group trying to find the next big city to make urban farming a reality - WSB-TV
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Food Well Alliance is searching for a second city to become part of the City Agriculture Planning initiative in partnership with the ARC.
Read MoreCharities aim to revitalize Decatur garden for refugees, immigrant growers - AJC
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Multiple nonprofits are partnering to help immigrants and refugees in metro Atlanta grow healthy food and stay in touch with their roots.
Read MoreSoil Festival - Food Well Alliance at Truly Living Well - Saporta Report
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The 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 MoreEast Point Agriculture Plan prioritizes access to healthy foods and urban farming - South Metro Neighbor
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East Point’s first Agriculture Plan focuses on urban farming and prioritizing equitable access to healthy foods.
Read MoreEast Point approves city agriculture plan - CBS46
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The City of East Point has become the first in the Atlanta area to adopt a city agriculture plan following a unanimous vote at their April 19 meeting.
Read MoreAtlanta Group Helps Establish an Urban Agriculture Plan - Farm Monitor
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Working to build and support urban farms and gardens across Metro Atlanta since 2016, Food Well Alliance is now looking to implement the city's first agriculture Plan in East Point.
Read MoreEast Point is pilot city in new urban farm initiative - WSB-TV
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Food Well Alliance received a $250 thousand grant from the US Department of Agriculture to create the Atlanta area’s first city agriculture plans.
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