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Our mission is to provide resources and support to local growers to connect and build healthier communities. Our vision is for an Atlanta that is locally grown and community connected.
In 2015, Jim Kennedy, Chairman Emeritus of Cox Enterprises and Chairman of the James M. Cox Foundation , and Bill Bolling, founder of the Atlanta Community Food Bank , had an idea to build healthier communities across metro Atlanta by connecting and supporting members of our local food movement. Food Well Alliance exists to bring this vision to life. We’ve supported more than 500 community gardens, urban farms and orchards in metro Atlanta.
Food Well Alliance has engaged thousands of people annually around the issues of local food and has provided more than $15 million in direct resources to local growers across our 5-county service area. We have turned farmers into entrepreneurs, community gardeners into vocal neighborhood leaders, and citizens into champions for healthy soil.
Food Well Alliance advances its mission through three focus areas:
We provide centralized support to help community gardens, farms, and orchards thrive. Since 2015, we’ve equipped local growers with essential tools for success, including technical assistance, training, tractor support, grants, labor teams, volunteers, compost, seedlings, and more.

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We’re launching something new! The Atlanta Region Food System Network but you may be wondering how this network is different from our Local Food System Planning. We’re breaking it down for you the next few slides. Don’t forget that applications for the next Local Food System Plan close on November 13.

Each year, Food Well Alliance celebrates GAgives on Giving Tuesday, a day that highlights the power of community giving and its incredible impact on the growers who help feed our city. Thanks to supporters like you, we’ve spent the past decade cultivating an Atlanta that is locally grown and community connected. We can’t wait to share amazing stories from community garden members, farmers, and orchard stewards who have accomplished so much because of your support. While GAgives is on December 1, early giving has started! Your gift helps: 🌱 Equip local growers with tools, compost, and resources to thrive 🌱 Expand programs that educate and connect growers across metro Atlanta 🌱 Support more than 300 growing spaces 🌱 Ensure more people have access to healthy, locally grown food Join us in supporting metro Atlanta’s growers. Donate today!

The deadline to apply for the next Local Food System Plan is just a month away! Have questions about the application process? Visit our website to download the application guide. #LocalFoodSystemPlan

Looking for a fun way to spend your Saturday. Join us at Jonesboro Community Garden for Plant. Eat. Repeat. with @atlbotanical! We'll dig into container gardening with edible plants. use the link in bio to sign up!

Every cover crop can be an economic crop! Join us to learn about adding more economic value with this important soil-building technique. We're teaming up with @farmerjeff1 at the Souper Jenny's Farm to teach you how cover crops can be both beneficial to soil health and an important part of the farm business model. Use the link in bio to join us on Wednesday, October 21 from 8:30-11am.

3 cities, 3 Local Food System Plans. We're doing a series during our Local Food System Plan application cycle. Each post spotlights a city that's already developed and implemented its plan, so you can see what's possible. Last time we highlighted Alpharetta, and today, we're featuring the City of Jonesboro! From the beginning to where it stands today, this is a look at how a plan comes together. Applications are open now for the next city to develop a Local Food System Plan. Link in bio to learn more.

Community Garden Grants are back! 🙌 For the 2027 grant cycle, Food Well is deploying $132,500 in direct funding to community gardens through two opportunities of support.⁣ Community gardens can apply to receive a $1,500 Community Garden Improvement Grant or the $10,000 Garden Forward Grant! That's two categories of support submitted through one application. Read up on all the details on our website or join us this November 11 for a Q&A Webinar (link in bio).​​​​​​​​ Grants are available to community gardens in Fulton, Gwinnett, DeKalb, Clayton, and Cobb counties.

Out next Plant. Eat. Repeat. is at EMBARC. Community Youth Farm on Wednesday! There's still time to register (link in bio)!

🌧️ RESCHEDULED EVENT! The Plant. Eat. Repeat. workshop, originally scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday, October 10 at Astro-Fain Community Garden, has been rescheduled due to rain in tomorrow's forecast. We have rescheduled the workshop to Saturday, November 7, from 10:00–11:30 a.m.

We had such a great time at the @impact100atlanta Meet the Finalists event! We’re honored to be one of the finalists in the Environment, Recreation & Animal Welfare category and excited to share more about how our community is supporting local growers across metro Atlanta in the final presentation. If selected for the grant, we’ll use the funding to purchase a new van to transport equipment and supplies to volunteer workdays, helping us bring more resources to the gardens, farms and orchards we support. We’re grateful to Impact100 Atlanta and its members for investing in organizations working to make our community stronger!

Can you barely contain your excitement when it comes to growing food in small spaces? Then this season of Plant. Eat. Repeat. is for you! Join the @atlbotanical and Food Well for a workshop on Container Gardening for Edible Plants! 📅 Save the dates: Oct. 7 — ABG Facebook Live Oct. 10 — @astrofaingarden 🥬 Oct. 14 — @embarcyouthfarm 🥕 Oct. 17 — Community Garden of Jonesboro 🍅 Oct. 24 — North Cobb Regional Library Community Garden From annual vegetables to fruit trees and herbs, we'll dig into tips and tricks for thriving container gardens. Use the link in bio to sign up!

Applications for the next Local Food System Plan are open! But before you hit submit, join us at the Open House event on Oct. 15. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the program and connect with the Local Food System Planning team and other organizations that support local food and agriculture initiatives. Register now using the link in our bio. #LocalFoodSystemPlan

Last week, our team had the honor of presenting at the Georgia Planning Association Conference! It was great to be joined by Jillian Porter from @planatlanta and Amanda Musilli from the City of Alpharetta @alpharettacommunityagprogram to share how Alpharetta has taken its Local Food System Plan and turned it into a path for long-term sustainability. We also shared takeaways from our experience helping seven cities develop Local Food System Plans, including what we’ve learned about creating plans that can move from ideas to action. We're searching for the next city to develop a Local Food System Plan. Learn more about the planning process and how you can apply by joining us at our open house on October 15 (registration linked in bio).

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