ANNOUNCING THE 2024 Farm to School Innovation mini grantees
Georgia Organics is excited to announce that thirteen Georgia school districts have been awarded a 2024 Farm to School Innovation Mini Grant. Over $60,000 will support projects that create and share equity-centered farm-to-school best practices.
Read the blog posts linked below to learn about the individual projects:
Baldwin County School District
Bibb County School District
Bulloch County Schools
Dodge County Schools
Dougherty County School System
Fannin County School District
Gwinnett County School District
Haralson County School District
Jones County School System
Polk School District
Rockdale County Public Schools
Seminole County Public Schools
This year, we partnered with Big Green to boost farm to school and school garden initiatives. Through the Georgia Organics Mini Grant and the Big Green Jumpstart Grant, our organizations are collectively investing over $120,000 into 24 different school districts around the state. Read more about the collaboration here.
ABOUT
In partnership with the Zeist Foundation and the Newman’s Own Foundation, the Georgia Organics Farm to School Innovation Mini Grant provides local school districts with the opportunity to expand their farm to school programming and to create best practices.
The goals of the program are to strengthen the community of Georgia farm to school champions, to gather data and best practices, to advance Health and Racial Equity and overall to encourage innovative farm to school efforts.
Awardees are chosen through a competitive application process that evaluates projects based on their alignment with the outlined priority areas:
increase access to local, fresh, organically grown food,
include culturally responsive food and education,
include organic and/or sustainability focused garden education,
increase local food procurement,
and/or benefit Georgia certified organic farmers in other ways.
If you have any questions, contact yaza@georgiaorganics.org or call 404-481-5014.
PREVIOUS AWARDS
2023 farm to school innovation mini grant Awardees
In 2023, Georgia Organics awarded eight Georgia school districts a total of $13,500 to support projects that create and share equity-centered farm to school best practices. Read the blog posts linked below to learn more about the individual projects:
Effingham County School District
Fannin County School District
Morgan County School District
Treutlen County School District
Chattahoochee Hills Charter School
2022 Farm to school innovation mini grant Awardees
During the inaugural year 2021-2022 school year, Georgia Organics provided $500 each to fifteen Georgia school districts to support farm to school innovation projects. Read the blog posts linked below to learn more about their projects:
Bartow County School District
Bleckley County School District
Brooks County School District
Harris County School District
Houston County School District
Morgan County School District
Putnam County School District
Rabun County School District