Food and farm nonprofits ask for help supporting farms affected by freeze - AJC
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Food related nonprofits are partnering up to support farms hit by cold weather this winter.
The Farmer Fund, which was established in 2015 and has been managed by the nonprofit Georgia Organics since 2018, is aiming to help farmers recoup losses from Winter Storm Elliott, which hit the United States in December 2022 and brought brutally cold temperatures to much of the country.
“We have never experienced anything like this type of loss before…simply devastating,” said Ilana Richards of Georgia’s Levity Farms in a press release.
The Farmer Fund is supported by organizations like Georgia Organics, Food Well Alliance, The Common Market, Community Farmers Markets, The Conservation Fund and Wholesome Wave Georgia.
