Alpharetta partners with Food Well Alliance to promote local agriculture - Appen Media

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.

The city of Alpharetta is teaming up with Food Well Alliance, an Atlanta-based agriculture advocacy organization, and the Atlanta Regional Commission to bolster the city’s local growing efforts. The organizations chose Alpharetta to receive a $75,000 funding grant to develop and implement a city agriculture plan, and the City Council agreed at its Jan. 18 meeting to match that funding. Alpharetta is the second city to receive the grant, behind East Point.

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