Grantee Profile: Haylene Green the Garden Queen of West End Community Garden
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Haylene Green is a nurse by passion, printer by trade, and a farmer by DNA.
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Grantee Profile: Brent Hall of Freewheel Farm
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Brent Hall is the farmer and owner of Freewheel Farm, a diversified urban farm made up of three sites in the heart of Atlanta. They maximize their space through intensive planting, and believe that the quality of our produce starts with the health of their soil.
Read MoreGrantee Profile: Nuri Icgoren of Urban Sprout Farms
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In 2012, Nuri Icgoren founded Urban Sprout Farms, a biodynamic, certified organic farm located in the Polar Rock neighborhood of Lakewood Heights. The five-acre plot, just a few miles southeast of Downtown Atlanta, is home to hoop houses, fresh herbs and flower beds, producing an average of 8,600 pounds of food annually.
Read MoreGrantee Profile: Cashawn Myers of HABESHA, Inc.
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Cashawn Myers is the Executive Director of HABESHA, Inc, a Pan-African organization that cultivates leadership in youth and families through practical experiences in cultural education, sustainable agriculture, entrepreneurship, holistic health, and technology.
Read More2018 Soil Festival… One for the Record Books!
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Thanks so much to everyone who joined us for Soil Festival 2018. This year’s event was our best yet! Find out more about what went down and check out some beautiful photos.
Read MoreCommunity Lives in Historic South Atlanta
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Two of our 2016 Local Food Grantees, show us how collaboration can repair a neighborhood through food in a genuine visual of Historic South Atlanta. Learn more and apply for the 2017 Local Food Grant by September 27.
Read MoreApply Now: Urban Ag Fellowship Opportunity
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Mayor’s Office of Sustainability and the Food Well Alliance are looking for an Urban Agriculture Fellow to help make Atlanta a top-tier city for sustainability, strengthen our local food economy.
Read MoreSoil Festival Spotlight: Corinne Coe of Terra Nova Compost
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We are excited to welcome Terra Nova Compost back to this year’s Soil Festival (Aug. 27) for workshops with their passionate leader Corinne Coe.
Read MoreCommunity Farmers Markets Seeks Director of Operations
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CFM seeks Director of Operations to help propel our mission work by managing the logistics and operations of our markets, projects, and headquarters team.
Read MoreGeorgia Organics Accepting Applications for Golden Radish Awards
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The Golden Radish Award is given to Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) in Georgia who are doing extraordinary work in farm to school.
Read MoreWholesome Wave Georgia is Hiring
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This is a tremendous opportunity for a graphic designer to maximize and strengthen the brand of a well-respected, high-impact organization.
Read MoreFresh Harvest hiring Customer Service Representative
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Fresh Harvest, a fast-growing, socially and environmentally responsible company born and raised in Atlanta, is growing.
Read MoreWinter Farmers Market in Decatur
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Decatur Farmers Market has an ongoing Farmers Market every Wednesday to keep the local food economy thriving throughout the winter months.
Read MoreThe Center for Civic Innovation's Rohit Malhotra Becomes an Echoing Green Fellow
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Global nonprofit Echoing Green today announced that Atlanta native Rohit Malhotra has been awarded a highly competitive and coveted Fellowship for his work as the founder and executive director of the Center for Civic Innovation.
Read MoreReconnecting Families Seeks Community Garden Program Manager
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Reconnecting Families is currently seeking a part-time Community Garden Program Manager, who will manage the garden and gardening program.
Read MoreFive Days Left To Fund Concrete Jungle's Tree Parent Program
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Your donation will help Concrete Jungle create our Tree Parent programming to tend to the 2,500 fruit trees around the city we have mapped, create educational material, and their first-ever Director!
Read MoreIs 2015 The Year Soil Becomes Climate Change’s Hottest Topic?
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2015 is shaping up to be a big year for soil — in addition to being Global Soil Week’s third year running, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has declared it the International Year of Soil.
Read MoreA Bee Farm in Atlanta's Backyard
/Jenna Mobley local food and environmental educator is leading a swarm of bees at Springdale Park Elementary in Virginia Highlands. Learn more on the Virginia Highlands Civic Association's blog site.
On May 6, we heard there was a swarm of bees at Springdale Park Elementary (SPARK), then heard that they were part of the school’s garden center. So, where did we go? Over to watch Jon the beekeeper sort out what was happening. He wasn’t 100% sure but believed the colony had grown too large so some bees were leaving to start another colony. In this case “the defectors” gathered temporarily in a nearby tree, and then returned to swarm around the old hive. Jon set up another hive to encourage formation of the second colony. He moved the queen to the new hive along with some of the other bees and now he’ll just keep an eye on how it goes. Jon is quick to note the extensive benefits of honey bees, and points out that they are not aggressive. SPARK is very careful regarding both the care of the bees and the safety of the students.
Caylor works to establish a second colony for the swarming SPARK bees.
If you think this is fascinating – and who wouldn’t? – jump on over to SPARK’s Garden Center website to learn more. The center’s headed up by Jenna Mobley, SPARK’s Environmental Science teacher…and many energetic kids are actively engaged. You’ll also find more stories about Jon Caylor, a fifth generation beekeeper, who says that beekeeping is a hobby. He’s actually completing his graduate degree in organizational development at Mercer. Don’t you imagine he can draw some parallels between the organizational structure of businesses and bee colonies?
Contribute to the Interactive Food Movement Timeline
/The Small Planet Institute created a timeline of the food movement, with the help of leading figures in the food movement!
Read MoreAtlanta according to Joe Reynolds
/The local food advocate and Love is Love at Gaia Gardens farmer shares a few of his favorite things
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