Austell To Receive $75,000 To Grow Local Food Access - Cobb County Courier
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After 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. Once the plan is developed with the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC), implementation will be guided by Food Well Alliance (FWA) along with a $75,000 grant to help bring the plan to life. Austell was selected for its commitment to health equity, economic growth, and alleviating food insecurity.
FWA and ARC partnered to introduce the City Agriculture Plan program in 2019 with the goal of helping cities in the Atlanta region develop unique roadmaps to create vibrant and sustainable community food systems. Funding to pilot the City Agriculture Plan was made possible by the Zeist Foundation and FWA founding benefactor, the James M. Cox Foundation.
