East Point is pilot city in new urban farm initiative - WSB-TV
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Food Well Alliance received a $250 thousand grant from the US Department of Agriculture to create the Atlanta area’s first city agriculture plans.
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Reporter’s Notebook: New nonprofit executives, and maybe some local government kumbaya - Saporta Report
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The Food Well Alliance, a collaborative network of growers, community and city leaders seeking to build thriving community gardens and urban farms, named Kate Conner as its new executive director. Conner, who has served as the organization’s senior director of strategic development, stepped in as interim executive director in September after the departure of Kim Karris.
Read MoreLessons of 2020 hone food groups’ focus, momentum - Atlanta Journal Constitution
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Food Well Alliance also did its share to keep growers growing, and to provide that food where it was needed. In 2020, the 5-year old nonprofit delivered seedlings, bulk compost and labor support to dozens of community gardens; deployed nearly 1,500 hours of labor support to urban farms; facilitated the distribution of more than 330,000 pounds of excess food donated by metro area gardeners; and helped to activate idle school gardens to grow food for families in need.
Read MoreSchool gardens are feeding families - Atlanta Journal Constitution
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When the pandemic turned idle school gardens into weeds, robbed urban growers of income streams, and created long lines at food banks, two Atlanta nonprofits joined forces to fight back. The response is Project Giving Gardens, where urban growers are being paid to turn 102 metro-area school gardens into a harvest of vegetables that is going back into the community to feed families.
Read MoreSeeds of change: Local organizations team-up to bring new life to school gardens - 11 Alive
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With the Project Giving Gardens program reinstated, over 100 community gardens will be prepared to become fully functioning mini-gardens under the direct supervision of some of the area’s most renowned urban farmers.
Read MoreInspire Atlanta: Get Involved with Food Well Alliance - AJC
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To maximize opportunities during COVID-19, Food Well Alliance is focusing on providing land prep, compost, and other support to urban farms and community gardens.
Read MoreSchool gardens revived to provide meals for families - WSB-TV
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Food Well Alliance partnered with Captain Planet Foundation to revive over 100 school gardens in Metro Atlanta to provide fresh fruits and vegetables for families in need.
Read MoreBucket brigade returns to East Point to provide homegrown food options to residents - 11 Alive
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Food Well Alliance and the City of East Point city council brought back its bucket garden initiative, affectionately labeled the "Bucket Brigade" for 50 new families.
Read MoreGeorgia’s farmers have plenty of crops. The problem is who can buy them—and how - Atlanta Magazine
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Among the biggest challenges to farmers posed by COVID-19, after the loss in volume of business from restaurants: how to safely provide fruits and vegetables both to existing customers and a new crop of buyers.
Read MoreSmall farmers quickly adapt to fill a need during pandemic - AJC
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When restaurants closed, Levity Farms went from planning to provide 75% to 80% of their produce to chefs to spending one day a week traversing the metro area to deliver veggie boxes to private homes. “It is in the nature of farming to be resilient to changes in the market or changes in the climate,” said Ilana Richards as she made deliveries on a recent Tuesday. “It is one of our strengths in this industry if we are going to be good farmers or successful farmers.”
Read MoreLawrenceville community garden ready to begin growing - AJC
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The Lawrenceville Community Garden is the first of the community garden initiatives that make up the Harvest Gwinnett program. The gardens and programs are managed by Live Healthy Gwinnett and made possible through partnerships with Lawrenceville, Food Well Alliance, Gwinnett Department of Community Services, UGA Extension Gwinnett, Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office and other community organizations.
Read MoreFamilies get bucket gardens to start growing their own food - WSB-TV
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The City of East Point partnered with local food collaborative, Food Well Alliance and Metro Atlanta Urban Farm to create the ‘Bucket Brigade’ on Friday, April 17, 2020.
Read MoreEast Point city council tackles food scarcity head-on with ‘Bucket Brigade’ - 11 Alive
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In partnership with Food Well Alliance and Metro Atlanta Urban Farms, East Point City leaders deliver 50 bucket gardens to food-insecure families
Read MoreEmergency fund set up to help Georgia’s urban and rural farmers - Saporta Report
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Local food organizations have created a coalition to help Georgia’s urban and rural farmers weather the COVID-19 pandemic. The organizations, – which include the Food Well Alliance and Georgia Organics, Community Farmers Markets, Wholesome Wave Georgia, Global Growers Network, the Common Market Southeast and Atlanta Farmers Coalition – have created the Farmer Fund COVID-19 Emergency Relief Campaign.
Read MoreLocal Farmers Move Online To Stay In Business Amid Pandemic - GPB News
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Farmer Ashley Rodgers grows vegetables on her organic farm in Douglasville, but in her 11 years farming she has rarely seen such uncertainty as restaurants closed their doors and farmers markets shut down to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Disruptions amid the coronavirus spread couldn’t have come at a worse time for her small farm, Rodgers Greens and Roots, Rodgers said.
“This is the most difficult time of year for me financially,” Rodgers said. “It's like we're out of money from what we were able to sell, you know, during the winter, and I've spent a ton of money, maxed out my credit cards from a cash flow standpoint."
Now farmers across Georgia are forced to find new ways of operating during a pandemic.
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