“Farmers are used to having cold nights and covering things. But this was multiple days of deep, deep freeze,” Georgia Organics CEO Alice Rolls said. Rolls heads up the nonprofit which helps the state’s organic farmers, especially when the weather turns against them.
Read MoreAlpharetta Council Members voted recently to officially adopt a City Agriculture Plan. Food Well Alliance and the Atlanta Regional Commission selected Alpharetta as the second metro city to develop such a plan and helped guide the city through the process. Food Well Alliance will provide $75,000 in funding. The city will match those funds to help bring the plan to life.
Read MoreAfter nearly a year of community meetings and planning, the Alpharetta City Council has approved a comprehensive plan to guide and encourage agricultural development in the city over the next five years.
Read MoreThe City of Alpharetta officially adopted their City Agriculture Plan on Monday December 12th. The comprehensive Plan was formulated over the year, with input from hundreds of residents who attended a half dozen meetings to brainstorm ideas of what a healthy and vibrant local food system could look like and how to achieve that.
Read MoreAtlanta Braves catcher Travis D’Arnaud plants a fruit tree in an orchard alongside volunteers at Hyde Farm in Marietta on Friday, December 2, 2022.
Read MoreFor GA Gives on Giving Tuesday, Food Well Alliance planted an orchard at the East Point Historical Society! A group of amazing volunteers planted 25 fruit trees and bushes, including blackberries, blueberries, muscadines, a pawpaw tree, and pear trees! Once this orchard matures, the trees and bushes will provide fresh fruit for the community.
Read MoreOn Giving Tuesday, the Atlanta area has many opportunities for you to volunteer your time and causes to donate money to. “We provide resources and support to local growers to connect and build healthier communities,” said Kate Conner, the executive director of Food Well Alliance.
Read MoreLooking to increase access to fresh, healthful food for urban residents, the Braves will plant 20 community orchards in the metro Atlanta area over the next two months.
Read MoreLooking to increase access to fresh, healthful food for urban residents, the Braves will plant 20 community orchards in the metro Atlanta area over the next two months.
Read MoreCompost Connectors from Lovin Elementary School (aka The Bucket Brigade) talk about collecting food scraps from the school cafeteria to make compost for their school garden.
Read MoreThrough the Food Well Alliance Compost Connectors program and assistance from Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful, STEM students at Lovin Elementary School are cutting down on food waste and learning about healthy soil.
Read MoreWhen James M. Cox Foundation Chairman Jim Kennedy envisioned local food as a tool to build community in 2015, he reached out to Atlanta Community Food Bank Founder Bill Bolling. Together they saw an opportunity to support and connect gardeners and farmers, and Atlanta nonprofit Food Well Alliance was born.
Read MoreThe James M. Cox Foundation on Monday announced a $2.1 million donation to an a nonprofit that supports community gardens and urban farms in the Atlanta metro area.
Read MoreThe Atlanta Braves are Pitching in for the Planet by creating 20 community orchards across metro Atlanta in partnership with One Tree Planted, Players for the Planet, Food Well Alliance, and The Giving Grove.
Read MoreStudents at Marietta Middle School collected 1,035 pounds of food waste throughout the school year and turned it into food-enriching compost for garden beds.
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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