HELP US RAISE $150,000 TO SUPPORT GEORGIA ORGANICS IN OUR 25TH YEAR!

Hello Friends,

As Georgia Organics celebrates 25 years, I'm celebrating my sixth year working to connect Georgia kids with hands-on nutrition education and nourishing, local food. 

The ultimate goal of the work is that kids learn to choose the foods that take good care of their bodies so they grow up to be healthy and happy adults. The by-product is that those healthy choices also benefit our local economies, the environment, and our communities.

Who can resist this? Everybody wins when this work succeeds!

While healthy food has never been the easiest choice, the pandemic has made it especially tough for many families and kids to access and chooose good food. My work has changed in the last couple of years to respond to these challenges. Now we focus beyond the school walls, to increase access to fresh and local food to families of young children in our communities. We partner with many other community organizations to extend our reach and ensure that our resources connect farmers with consumers in their communities so that everyone thrives. It's working! We're connecting Head Start families with fresh, locally grown food while educating kids with hands-on cooking adventures and having great success with our pilot projects.  And we're connecting elementary school kids with farmers at nearby farmers markets, and helping them learn to be conscoius consumers.

It's as fun as it is important to childrens' health!

In celebration of this work, which for 25 years has evolved to respond to the needs of Georgia's children and families, I invite you to join me and offer a gift of support. Our goal is to raise $150,000 to put us on track to continue to do this work that increases food access and supports organic farmers in our communites. Please consider a donation of $25 to celebrate our 25 years, (we only need 6,000 to hit our goal!) or a gift of any amount you think is appropriate.

Thanks for considering and thanks for your continued support! 

Kimberly 

Our food system is dynamic, complex, critical. Every day, Georgia’s land, growers, and communities stand at the mercy of ongoing and increasing environmental pressures, social and economic gaps, and barriers to access. Deeply entrenched agricultural practices and policies make these challenges worse, further degrading the soil and access to land and food.  

Meanwhile, the champions in our local food system work daily to stem this tide. They make sacrifices to prioritize soil and community health. They lead the way, showing us that it is possible to build a future in which Georgia’s food is produced accessibly, equitably, and sustainably by thriving community farmers. 

Georgia’s land needs stewards like never before. 

This year, as Georgia Organics celebrates our anniversary milestone, we’re reflecting on our roots. While Georgia Organics was founded as a nonprofit in 1997, our organization dates back to the 1970s as a growers’ association—a group of farmers sharing their knowledge and resources to strengthen their collective efforts. Now in our 25th year, we’re dedicated to meeting today’s emerging challenges under these same historical auspices... 

To invest in our food future from the ground up. So, how do we do that? 

The answer is in the soil. 

Across the state of Georgia, our soil varies from region to region, even from plot to plot. That is why Georgia is one of the most biodiverse states in the country. The organic farmers throughout our state are experts in the care of this biodiversity and the land they steward.  

Georgia Organics invests in these farmers so that inch by inch, the soil gets the care it needs. We support these farmers so that they can grow in a way that heals the earth, increases food access across the state, and sustains biodiversity and life, from the soil itself (which is living and breathing!), to the plants, the people, and everything in-between.

Your donation will help us to:

• Grow the number of organic and regenerative farmers who are profitable and earning a living wage

• Grow an effective network of advocates who champion these farmers

• Grow investment in our farmers and regional food systems

• Grow our collective impact by centering the organization in equity, relationships, resource development, and accountability

By supporting Georgia Organics, you are investing in solutions to climate change, food access, and most importantly, the unique and varied challenges faced by organic farmers on the ground and at the forefront of our local food movement.

Please join us with a 25th Anniversary gift today!

Your support will nurture the food system – from the ground up.  

For more information about Georgia Organics, visit georgiaorganics.org.