Working to build and support urban farms and gardens across Metro Atlanta since 2016, Food Well Alliance is now looking to implement the city's first agriculture Plan in East Point.
Read MoreFood Well Alliance received a $250 thousand grant from the US Department of Agriculture to create the Atlanta area’s first city agriculture plans.
Read MoreThe 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 MoreFood 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 MoreWhen 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 MoreWith 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 MoreTo 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 MoreFood 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 MoreFood 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 MoreAmong 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 MoreWhen 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 MoreThe 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 MoreThe 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 MoreIn partnership with Food Well Alliance and Metro Atlanta Urban Farms, East Point City leaders deliver 50 bucket gardens to food-insecure families
Read MoreLocal 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 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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