#14 We deliver farmers collectively.
By way of our annual Convention & Expo, Farmer Area Days, Farmer Mixers and different occasions, Georgia Organics supplies a platform for farmers to share data and assets, mentor and study from one another, and construct group.
#13 We will help you propose an off-the-cuff date evening that provides again to group!
This Tuesday, November 29, take your date to Farm Burger to have fun #GAgivesDay! ALL Georgia areas ALL day will donate 10 p.c of gross sales on to Georgia Organics. You can say they’re actually moooo-ving us nearer to our year-end purpose! Thanks, Farm Burger, for investing in our future… from the bottom up!
#12 As a result of it’s #GAgivesDay!
What an incredible day to SUPPORT FARMERS! We all know that wholesome farmers are the cornerstone of wholesome communities. They heal the earth, improve meals entry throughout the state, and maintain life. From the soil itself — dwelling and respiration — to the crops, the individuals, and every little thing in between.
#11 To be part of a beneficiant and passionate group!
Final Tuesday was #GAgivesDay 2022, and also you all confirmed up by donating greater than $15,000, making it a unprecedented day as we climb nearer to our total year-end purpose as a part of our twenty fifth Anniversary “From the Floor Up” Marketing campaign!
#10 “With out good strong healthcare, then the sustainable farm, I don’t suppose exists.” – Farmers Chris & Jenny Jackson, Farmer Members
In 2022, we enrolled eight new farmers for FREE Gold Degree Well being Insurance coverage via the Kaiser Permanente Bridge Program.
#9 The reply is within the soil (half 2).
Georgia Organics invests in farmers in order that inch by inch, the soil will get the care it wants. We help these farmers in order that they’ll develop in a approach that heals the earth, will increase meals entry throughout the state, and sustains biodiversity and life, from the soil itself (which resides and respiration!), to the crops, the individuals, and every little thing in-between.
#8 To interrupt bread with inspiring legends and leaders of our motion.
On December 10, we hosted famend chef, cookbook writer, and meals activist, Alice Waters for a twenty fifth Anniversary Dinner for 68 friends ready by a few of our favourite cooks. This six-course dinner became a group salon, with a passionate dialog unfolding about the way forward for our meals motion.
#7 Items made between now and Dec. thirty first will go twice as far!
We’ve got an nameless donor who simply pledged to match all items made between now and midnight on Dec. thirty first as much as $15,000. Donate now and your present can be supercharged towards our purpose!
#6 We honor the contributions of our land stewards.
Annually, we provide awards to excellent members of the meals and farming group in three classes: the Land Steward Award, the Barbara Petit Pollinator Award, and the Farmer Champion awards. Land Steward and Pollinator Award winners are nominated by most people and voted on by our Board and Governance Committee. Collectively, we are able to proceed to uplift the sturdy work of our soil stewards and champions!
#5 Georgia’s land wants stewards like by no means earlier than.
On daily basis, Georgia’s land, growers, and communities stand on the mercy of ongoing and growing environmental pressures, social and financial gaps, and boundaries to entry. Deeply entrenched agricultural practices and insurance policies make these challenges worse, additional degrading the soil and entry to land and meals. In the meantime, the champions in our native meals system work every day to stem this tide. They make sacrifices to prioritize soil and group well being. They prepared the ground, exhibiting us that it’s attainable to construct a future through which Georgia’s meals is produced accessibly, equitably, and sustainably by thriving group farmers.
#4 Convention is again, child!
After a two-year hiatus, we’re thrilled to have the possibility to return collectively for our cornerstone annual gathering that includes keynote speaker, farmer and group activist, Karen Washington. For 3 days, farmers, group advocates, educators, fairness activists, and local weather leaders will join, study new abilities, and generate contemporary concepts to foster a wholesome and sustainable meals system. Get your tickets for the 2023 Convention and Expo as we speak!
#3 Our model new Farmer Apprenticeship Program.
In fall 2022, greater than 20 starting farmers utilized for an apprenticeship to study regenerative farming and sustainable enterprise practices from established natural farmers. This program creates a pipeline for brand new and starting farmers whereas supporting a cohort of farm hosts as they improve their enterprise capability. We look ahead to deciding on 9 high candidates to launch into their work in early 2023!
#2 Our historical past.
We’ve been at it for 25 years. Together with your help, we have grown the variety of natural farmers and acres. We have instigated, cajoled, and convened. We have been a centering rock on which new native meals organizations and coalitions have discovered their footing. What began as a one-person workplace in a church basement has grown right into a dynamic 15-person group with a 20-member board and a community of farmers, companions, and allies devoted to a optimistic meals future.
The #1 Purpose to help Georgia Organics: Our future.
