Dekalb County is hiring an Ag Extension Agent
/Dekalb County is looking to hire a Cooperative Extension Agent.
Read MoreLocal food entrepreneur addressing food insecurity in Atlanta’s low-access communities receives investment from Spanx founder and Center for Civic Innovation
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Local food entrepreneur and Food Well Alliance grant recipient Yasmeen Sabir has been selected as one of 10 female social entrepreneurs to participate in a one-year fellowship with the Sara Blakely Foundation and the Center for Civic Innovation.
Read MoreCompost education leader envisions city-wide composting for Atlanta
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Leaders from organizations including Compostwheels, Georgia Recycling Coalition, Truly Living Well and the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Sustainability, collaborated to identify challenges concerning the local community-based composting ecosystem during the latest Working Table.
Read MoreStarting the year off right! Food Well Alliance’s newest grant recipients gather to identify shared success metrics before beginning their projects
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From start-up enterprises to established non-profit organizations, collecting data to measure outcomes for success can be daunting. Last week, Food Well Alliance gathered passionate leaders from 14 organizations who received a 2017 Local Food Grant to help make this a little easier.
Read MoreLeaders identify opportunities for community-based composting in Metro Atlanta
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Food Well Alliance convened 12 organizational leaders for the first of several Working Tables with the goal of developing recommendations to scale and support community-based composting in Atlanta.
Read MoreLeaders Growing Community Gardens hosts its last workshop
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Leaders Growing Community Gardens is a collaborative initiative that was launched last year and born out of the desire to see community gardens in metro Atlanta thrive. On January 20 and 21, Food Well Alliance was joined by volunteer leaders of community gardens across Gwinnett County as we hosted the last workshop that came out of this initiative.
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2017 Grant Recipients Collaborate to Make Local Food Accessible
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We are excited to announce our 2017 Local Food Grant Recipients. They are a powerful example of how thoughtful placed-based collaboration can help unite the local food movement to build a healthy food system.
Read More15 Local Community Gardens Receive Fresh Soil
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Fifteen Community gardens across metro Atlanta were recently awarded rich, organic compost in bright yellow bags thanks to Food Well Alliance. These community gardens will receive extra help in the garden thanks to all the nematodes, fingi, protozoa and many other living beings in their nutrient-rich compost!
Read MoreBuilding Consensus at "We Are Farmers"
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More than 75 farmers and organizations that support farmers joined Food Well Alliance for a community-based conversation and fellowship over a meal of locally produced food called “We Are Farmers”.
Read MoreWhy Leadership in Community Gardens?
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You’re probably wondering why we selected leadership as one of the most pressing challenges for local community gardens.
Read MoreGeorgia Agribusiness Council Accepting Classroom Grant Applications Until October 14
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The Georgia Agribusiness Council’s Dr. Joe B. Crane Classroom Grant Program seeks to award funds to educators who provide thought provoking lesson plans that promote agricultural learning in the classroom.
Read MoreBy the Numbers - A Study of Atlanta’s Community Gardens
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Eight prominent organizations and experts came together to study the current gaps around leading and managing community gardens to identify and create opportunities and resources for sustaining community garden infrastructure.
Read MoreCongrats to Local Food in Creative Loafing's Best of ATL 2016
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Last week Creative Loafing released their highly anticipated "Best of Atlanta" issue, and we couldn't help but notice some of the local food movement's very own recognized for the work they do.
Read MoreVolunteers Needed: APS Pre K Fruit and Veggie Land Oct.18-21
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The Annual Pre K Fruit and Veggie Land will be held Oct. 18-21. Atlanta Public Schools is looking for farmers, farm to school educators, and nutrition educators to volunteer.
Read MoreWe are Farmers: A meal and discussion for farmers and friends
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Food Well Alliance invites you to our second official Learning Table “We are Farmers: A meal and discussion for farmers and friends” on October 13 from 5:30pm -8pm at Atlanta Community Food Bank.
Read MoreCollaborating to Advance Our Local Garden Leaders
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Leaders Growing Community Gardens is an essential collaborative effort to sustain operations and resources for garden leaders.
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 MorePark Pride's Connecting with Parks: Call for Presentations
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Breakout sessions, hands-on workshops and pre-conference events will focus on this year's conference theme, "Connecting with Parks." Successful presentations will offer a unique and innovative opportunity for attendees to explore questions of connectivity.
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.
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