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 MoreChef Shay Lavi, family farmers from Atlanta Harvest Farm and Farm Stand, and Food Well Alliance staff and volunteers on Giving Tuesday.
Read MoreAn Atlanta nonprofit organization spent Giving Tuesday volunteering at a local farm.
Volunteers with Food Well Alliance were in Ellenwood at Atlanta Harvest to help till the soil and help the farm get ready for the next crop.
Eliyahu Benasa is a local farmer who owns and runs three farms with his family in Georgia.
His local community loves the fresh produce they grow at the farm.
“They know where the sources come from and that the food is organic and local and most importantly that it’s delicious,” Benasa told Channel 2′s Tyisha Fernandes.
Kate Connor is the Executive Director of Food Well Alliance.
“We provide resources and support to local farms gardens and orchards to connect and build healthier communities,” Connor said.
When you donate to Food Well Alliance, all of the money goes straight to local farms, gardens, and orchards.
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.
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 MoreThe 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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