This time of year is typically filled with plenty of family gatherings and a lot of cooking. That can also mean a lot of food waste. Those scraps can also help local farmers put more food on your table. Good Day's Lindsay Tuman got an inside look at the partnership helping turn your trash into a nourishing treasure.
Read MoreAustell is sowing the seeds for a sustainable future, thanks to a $75,000 grant from the Food Well Alliance, to develop a comprehensive City Agriculture Plan. The initiative aims to bolster access to fresh, local food while fostering community engagement and education.
Read MoreNeighborhood TV speaks with community members at the City of Austell’s Community Garden as well as Exec. Dir. of Food Well Alliance, Kate Conner. Food Well Alliance and the Atlanta Regional Commission are teaming up with the City of Austell to begin the engagement phase of the Austell’s City Agriculture Plan.
Read MoreIn collaboration with the Atlanta Regional Commission, Food Well Alliance is pleased to announce that the City of Austell has been chosen for the 2024 City Agriculture Plan. The City of Austell was chosen because of their commitment to health equity, economic growth, and alleviating food insecurity. We eagerly anticipate the collaboration ahead.
Read MoreAfter successfully launching City Agriculture Plans in East Point, Alpharetta, and Jonesboro, Atlanta nonprofit Food Well Alliance and the Atlanta Regional Commission have selected the City of Austell as the fourth metro city to develop a City Agriculture Plan.
Read MoreAfter successfully launching City Agriculture Plans in East Point, Alpharetta, and Jonesboro, Atlanta nonprofit Food Well Alliance and the Atlanta Regional Commission have selected the City of Austell as the fourth metro city to develop a City Agriculture Plan.
Read MoreThe city of East Point, in partnership with CompostNow and nonprofit Food Well Alliance, is launching a free, first-of-its-kind food waste drop-off program for residents.
Read MoreNext week, the City of East Point will kick off its city-wide community compost program, the first in the metro area. The city is partnering with CompostNow and Food Well Alliance to offer this free drop-off program for residents.
Read MoreA composting pilot program in one community is giving back to local farmers and in turn you at home.
Read MoreThe city of Jonesboro’s Community Garden & City Agriculture Plan Kickoff Event was held Saturday, April 15 at 223 N. Main St.
Read MoreThe city of Jonesboro will celebrate its inclusion in the Atlanta Regional Commission’s and Food Well Alliance’s “City Agriculture Plan” with a morning of garden prep Saturday.
Read MoreAfter 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 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 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, chair of Cox Enterprises, 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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