Nov 4What better way to spend Halloween than tasting healthy recipes?📝 Halloween is all about balance, which is why we were so excited to hand out goodie bags alongside our fresh mango corn salsa and recipe cards 🥭. Our Peel lead, Gabe, also brought out some fun masks to give out to our clients in preparation for Halloween. Our partner Intown Cares is a hybrid client-choice pantry that’s easily accessible for people facing food and housing insecurity in Atlanta. We loved connecting with clients over candy and our produce!Latest
Nov 4What better way to spend Halloween than tasting healthy recipes?📝 Halloween is all about balance, which is why we were so excited to hand out goodie bags alongside our fresh mango corn salsa and recipe cards 🥭. Our Peel lead, Gabe, also brought out some fun masks to give out to our clients in preparation for Halloween. Our partner Intown Cares is a hybrid client-choice pantry that’s easily accessible for people facing food and housing insecurity in Atlanta. We loved connecting with clients over candy and our produce!
Fruit & Farm PicksFrom apples to zucchini, our volunteers glean fruits and vegetables from backyard, local parks, and large farms to distribute to our neighbors in need.
Doghead FarmCJ’s half-acre urban farm in southwest Atlanta, Doghead Farm, grows over 4,000 lbs of vegetables. The farm also provides space for the CJ community to gather.
Produce Buyers ClubCJ’s Produce Buyers Club (PBC) purchases imperfect produce from Georgia farmers and wholesalers for distribution at-cost to hunger relief agencies on a weekly basis.
Produce Education & Enjoyment Loop (PEEL)PEEL is a knowledge-sharing opportunity for clients to become familiar with more varieties of produce through recipe demonstrations, taste tests, and cooking classes.
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Pounds of rescued fresh fruits and vegetables donated to local food banks and shelters.
Servings of fresh fruits and vegetables distributed to people facing food insecurity.
We distribute everything we harvest to local food banks and shelters, although we do sneak a taste occasionally while we pick.
Gabe Fleming, food pantry partner at Jewish Family Career Services
Concrete Jungle serves the food insecure communities of Georgia, and we could not accomplish our mission without our amazing community of volunteers, donors, tree and orchard owners, farmers, and partner organizations. We create connections between people and organizations through fresh, healthy food.
Systemic injustices perpetuate disparities for marginalized communities, and we design our programming to improve access to healthy foods for all. Every day we strive to provide more high quality, fresh produce to families that lack access. We believe equitable access can play a vital role in reducing chronic disease and the impact these health issues have on families.
We live in a state with a tremendous abundance of fresh produce available to serve all Georgians, but the USDA estimates that 40% of the food grown on farms never makes it to the dinner table. We find quick and innovative ways to rescue this abundance to share with others.
East Point, GA
- Based in
- East Point, GA
- Founded
- 2016
- EIN
- 90-0730229
- Website
- concrete-jungle.org
- @concretejungleatl
- Food