Bucket brigade returns to East Point to provide homegrown food options to residents - 11 Alive
/EAST POINT, Ga. — On Friday, June 5, the City of East Point city council brought back its bucket garden initiative, affectionately labeled the "Bucket Brigade" for 50 new families.The "Bucket Brigade" is but one of the many food-access initiatives that the City of East Point has implemented over the past few months since the pandemic started.
“We are excited that people that our residents are taking advantage of the opportunities that are coming into our city through our relationships and our network,” said East Point Mayor Dean Holiday Ingraham.
The initiative took place at the Jefferson Park Recreation Center and was organized as a touchless event where the bucket gardens were placed into a car without the residents having to get out of their vehicles. They consisted of either a tomato, pepper, or oregano plant.
Employees from East Point City Hall including members from the Parks & Recreation, City Councilmembers Thomas Calloway, and Lance Robertson as well as the mayor hand-carried approximately 100 buckets gardens to the citizens of East Point.
The partnership for the bucket gardens was formed between local food collaborative and frequent partner, Food Well Alliance, and local urban farm, Metro Atlanta Urban Farms including other its other local resources.
