At Georgia Organics, we imagine that rising a more healthy future for Georgia’s youngsters begins with recent, native meals and hands-on studying. That perception impressed the launch of our Farm to College Innovation Mini Grant: an initiative that helps our broader mission to develop a community of advocates who champion natural agriculture and put money into sustainable, community-rooted meals methods.
Via a aggressive choice course of, our 2024 grant awards prioritized initiatives that:
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Improve entry to native, recent, organically grown meals;
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Present culturally responsive meals and vitamin training;
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Foster natural and sustainability-focused backyard training;
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Develop native meals procurement; and/or
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Help Licensed Natural Georgia farmers in different methods.
Corridor County Colleges exemplify these priorities in motion. With assist from the Farm to College Innovation Mini Grant, three faculties within the district—Friendship Elementary, Sugar Hill Elementary, and Wauka Mountain Elementary— revitalized college gardens, engaged in sustainability efforts, and deepened their connection to regionally produced meals, impacting over 1,200 college students.
At Friendship Elementary, workers have been constructing a college farm from the bottom up. A brand new hen coop, in-built partnership with a neighborhood Eagle Scout, helps agricultural training, composting, and animal husbandry. One of many long-term targets for this area contains launching a student-run farmers market, empowering college students with real-world entrepreneurship expertise, and a deeper understanding of the place their meals comes from.
