At Georgia Organics, we imagine that rising a more healthy future for Georgia’s kids begins with recent, native meals and hands-on studying. That perception impressed the launch of our Farm to Faculty 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.
By means of 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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Assist Licensed Natural Georgia farmers in different methods.
Corridor County Faculties exemplify these priorities in motion. With help from the Farm to Faculty Innovation Mini Grant, three faculties within the district—Friendship Elementary, Sugar Hill Elementary, and Wauka Mountain Elementary— revitalized faculty gardens, engaged in sustainability efforts, and deepened their connection to domestically 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 rooster coop, in-built partnership with a neighborhood Eagle Scout, helps agricultural training, composting, and animal husbandry. One of many long-term objectives for this house contains launching a student-run farmers market, empowering college students with real-world entrepreneurship abilities, and a deeper understanding of the place their meals comes from.