Monday Morning Gardener

Our garden experts Fred and Flannery are here to help you grow food! This video series of live streams features a mix of planting advice, community garden tours, Q&A sessions, and workshops. Check out the Monday Morning Gardner archives to get the best tips for growing your own food.

Plant. Eat. Repeat. Workshops

Plant. Eat. Repeat., our partner series with Atlanta Botanical Garden, seeks to help deepen your connection to local food and where it comes from. Whether you’re a novice or a gardening pro, tune in to our virtual workshops to get hands-on learning from experts and their demonstrations.

GrowHer

GrowHer is a health and wellness experience hosted by women-led gardens and farms around metro Atlanta to encourage intergenerational connection between women growers of color. Watch the recordings from past events and subscribe to our email list to stay in the loop about upcoming opportunities.

In 2022, Food Well Alliance did an orientation for farmers to help them learn more about the USDA resources available to them. The orientation covered resources for beginning farmers that are just starting out and looking for assistance with startup costs, land acquisition, or loan guarantees as well as established farmers looking to offset the costs of a large project or those interested in transitioning to a more sustainable or organic operation could benefit as well.

Agencies present included: Farm Service Agency, Natural Resource Conservation Service, and the Risk Management Agency.

Food Well Alliance is here to support farmers in more ways than one! At our Farm Support Offerings Workshop members of our Resource Team gave a rundown of all the opportunities farmers can utilize:

• Farm Support Grants (including a new Farm Forward Grant)

• Labor Support Stipends

• Labor Support through our partners such as Eco-PARADIGM

• Compost Delivery

• Mechanical Assistance

• Tool Rentals through the Atlanta Community ToolBank

Pollinators play a critical role in our ecosystem and without them we wouldn’t be able to grow the food we rely on to survive. One key way of protecting pollinators is by creating habitats where these insects and animals can thrive.

In this guide, you’ll learn the different types of pollinators, why they’re important, why you should plant native species, and advice on what to plant.