Alex Taylor speaks about his work on the board of directors of Atlanta nonprofit Food Well Alliance, which connects members of Atlanta’s local food movement to build healthier communities.
Read MoreIn Atlanta, Cox has been driving force behind the Atlanta BeltLine, a national blueprint for urban renewal, and Food Well Alliance, an organization bolstering Atlanta's local food movement to build healthier communities.
Read MoreTurning the Westside into a locally-grown, fresh-food mecca for itself and the city is taking root thanks in part to the Food Well Alliance.
Read MoreGreat soil is the foundation of any good backyard vegetable patch or community garden, but it’s hard to know how your soil is shaping up without a soil test.
Read MoreBill Bolling joins Jocelyn Dorsey on People 2 People to share about the growing benefits of Atlanta's local food movement.
Read MoreCox Enterprises today announced that Alexander C. Taylor, great-grandson of company Founder James M. Cox, has been promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective immediately.
Read MoreILSR and Terra Nova Compost collaborated closely to fundraise for, design and implement the inaugural class of the Community Compost Advocate Training Program (CCATP), which was offered with with generous financial support of the Food Well Alliance.
Read MoreThere are at least 80 urban farms in metro Atlanta.
Read MoreJames M. Cox Foundation gave Atlanta-based Food Well Alliance a nearly $3.8 million grant to help the organization continue to grow.
Read MoreGeorgia is a great location for PREP because of the people who live here. They have embraced small food entrepreneurs, and as a result, have brought a proliferation of locally grown and producedfoods available throughout Georgia.
Read MoreAtlanta is joining a national shift among metropolitan regions toward healthy livable communities and away from previous growth patterns that produced costly sprawl,blight and food deserts.
Read MoreBolling recently started the Food Well Alliance and hired a staff developed around the fresh food movement. He emphasizes his time on the Decatur city commission is strictly temporary.
Read MoreWhile Atlanta farmers pick the last tomatoes of the year and coax collard and kale seedlings out of the earth, City Hall is looking for an urban agriculture director to help put more fresh healthy food on Atlantans' tables.
Read MoreThe Food Well Alliance, which was formed about a year ago, held its first major event Saturday – Healthy Soil, Healthy Community Festival – at the Truly Living Well urban farm.
Hundreds of people showed up during the festival to learn more about how to encourage and provide greater access to healthy foods – especially in communities that have been described as food deserts.
Read MoreThe power of good soil can make the difference between a bumper crop of tomatoes and squash or the bumper crop of frustration comes with a lackluster veggie garden.
But learning how to compost is not only a good idea for a workshop, it’s also a reason to party.
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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