Friday, July 15, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
Spring veggies for sale!
Friday, April 15, 2011
Farm Mapping
Shiitake Shrooms
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Announcing the Global Growers Network of Georgia
Refugee Family Services announces the
GLOBAL GROWERS NETWORK OF GEORGIA
Refugee Agricultural Partnership Program will support food and agriculture projects in Metro-Atlanta’s refugee community
(Stone Mountain, GA) – In 2011, Refugee Family Services will lead the creation of the Global Growers Network of Georgia. The Global Growers Network will provide linkages and support for existing urban agriculture and community garden projects that involve refugee newcomers to DeKalb County. It will also support the development of refugee leadership for new growing projects in the refugee community, as well as link garden and farm projects with volunteer support, growing expertise, job/business training, and community resources. The Network also supports the development of a Clarkston Farmers’ Market so that food producers and growers will have a place to sell their food, and so that more people will have access to fresh fruits and vegetables familiar to their cultures. Our goals in the refugee community include: increased incomes; access to quality and familiar food; better physical and mental health; independence; and community integration.
The Global Growers Network will also work with key food systems stakeholders such as the DeKalb County Board of Health and the Atlanta Local Food Initiative to strengthen urban agriculture, increase access to healthy foods, and work towards the prevention of chronic disease through active living.
The Network will:
- Meet with refugee and mainstream project leaders to develop Network plans and strategies.
- Support the development of a local farmers’ market and ensure refugee participation in the market, a project led by the Clarkston Community Center.
- Identify and secure land for growing space.
- Establish a “Garden Center” to support growing needs.
- Support Network projects with education and training.
- Host workshops to exchange knowledge and information about growing and selling.
- Support the development of refugee project leaders.
- Coordinate volunteers to assist project needs.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Resting Farm
We appreciate the folks from Slow Food Le Cordon Bleu and Slow Food Emory!
Julie Shaffer, Director of Southern region Slow Food, is helping prepare veggies for market.
They mulched most of our farm paths with wood chips, and donated two bags of composted cow manure. Thank you! All-star volunteer Laquita finding worms by the handful. Thanks goes to our beautiful compost.
So now it’s time for our cover crops to take over. We have Johnny’s Fall Mix out in the field. I just took a soil sample so we know what amendments need to be added so our soil and plants will be healthy. Want to test your own soil? See the University of Georgia’s recommended steps: http://www.caes.uga.edu/Publications/displayHTML.cfm?pk_id=7440