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 techniques.
By way 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 diet schooling;
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Foster natural and sustainability-focused backyard schooling;
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Broaden native meals procurement; and/or
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Assist Licensed Natural Georgia farmers in different methods.
Corridor County Colleges 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 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 faculty farm from the bottom up. A brand new rooster coop, inbuilt partnership with a neighborhood Eagle Scout, helps agricultural schooling, composting, and animal husbandry. One of many long-term targets for this house consists of 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.
