After successfully launching City Agriculture Plans in East Point and Alpharetta, Atlanta nonprofit Food Well Alliance and the Atlanta Regional Commission have selected the City of Jonesboro as the third metro city to develop a City Agriculture Plan.
Read MoreOne metro Atlanta city is giving families a way to help grow healthier food in their community without getting their hands dirty themselves. The City of East Point is starting a two-year-long pilot program that will let residents compost their food waste and turn it into soil for local farmers.
Read MoreWith about 25 percent of Atlanta residents living more than half a mile away from fresh food, the Food Well Alliance (FWA) and Westside Future Fund (WFF) envisioned creating an affordable space for like-minded organizations to work alongside each other in the Westside. Together, the teams established 970 Jefferson St. NW — a hub of collaboration and food innovation with 19 nonprofits and local businesses under one roof. The space’s doors opened in the fall of 2021 and, now in its second year, the two leadership teams are reflecting on its impact.
Read MoreThe Farmer Fund, which was established in 2015 and has been managed by the nonprofit Georgia Organics since 2018, is aiming to help farmers recoup losses from Winter Storm Elliott, which hit the United States in December 2022 and brought brutally cold temperatures to much of the country.
Read More“Farmers are used to having cold nights and covering things. But this was multiple days of deep, deep freeze,” Georgia Organics CEO Alice Rolls said. Rolls heads up the nonprofit which helps the state’s organic farmers, especially when the weather turns against them.
Read MoreAlpharetta Council Members voted recently to officially adopt a City Agriculture Plan. Food Well Alliance and the Atlanta Regional Commission selected Alpharetta as the second metro city to develop such a plan and helped guide the city through the process. Food Well Alliance will provide $75,000 in funding. The city will match those funds to help bring the plan to life.
Read MoreAfter nearly a year of community meetings and planning, the Alpharetta City Council has approved a comprehensive plan to guide and encourage agricultural development in the city over the next five years.
Read MoreThe City of Alpharetta officially adopted their City Agriculture Plan on Monday December 12th. The comprehensive Plan was formulated over the year, with input from hundreds of residents who attended a half dozen meetings to brainstorm ideas of what a healthy and vibrant local food system could look like and how to achieve that.
Read MoreAtlanta Braves catcher Travis D’Arnaud plants a fruit tree in an orchard alongside volunteers at Hyde Farm in Marietta on Friday, December 2, 2022.
Read MoreFor GA Gives on Giving Tuesday, Food Well Alliance planted an orchard at the East Point Historical Society! A group of amazing volunteers planted 25 fruit trees and bushes, including blackberries, blueberries, muscadines, a pawpaw tree, and pear trees! Once this orchard matures, the trees and bushes will provide fresh fruit for the community.
Read MoreOn Giving Tuesday, the Atlanta area has many opportunities for you to volunteer your time and causes to donate money to. “We provide resources and support to local growers to connect and build healthier communities,” said Kate Conner, the executive director of Food Well Alliance.
Read MoreLooking to increase access to fresh, healthful food for urban residents, the Braves will plant 20 community orchards in the metro Atlanta area over the next two months.
Read MoreLooking to increase access to fresh, healthful food for urban residents, the Braves will plant 20 community orchards in the metro Atlanta area over the next two months.
Read MoreCompost Connectors from Lovin Elementary School (aka The Bucket Brigade) talk about collecting food scraps from the school cafeteria to make compost for their school garden.
Read MoreThrough the Food Well Alliance Compost Connectors program and assistance from Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful, STEM students at Lovin Elementary School are cutting down on food waste and learning about healthy soil.
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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