Food Well Alliance Inc

EAST POINT CITY AGRICULTURE PLANNING IMPLEMENTATION

THIS ACTION APPROVES AN AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $59,020 TO GEORGIA FOOD WELL ALLIANCE TO SUPPORT THEIR FARM TO FOOD TO COMPOST DEMONSTRATION PROJECT CONSISTING OF A SYSTEMS-BASED APPROACH TO MANAGING FOOD FROM PRODUCTION TO CONSUMPTION TO REDUCTION TO COMPOST. FOOD WELL WILL UTILIZE A TRAIN-THE-TRAINER APPROACH AND CREATION OF A COMPOSTER CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, DEVELOP A BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MODEL FOR TRULY LIVING WELL 'S COMMUNITY COMPOST LAB AND ESTABLISHED METRICS.

THIS ACTION APPROVES AN AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000 TO ATLANTA FOOD WELL ALLIIANCE, INC TO CONVENE AN ATLANTA COMMUNITY-BASED COMPOSTING COUNCIL TO ADVANCE COMMUNITY-BASED COMPOSTING AND ITS NEXUS WITH URBAN FARMING AND COMMUNITY GARDENS IN METRO ATLANTA AND TO INCREASE THE AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ABUNDANT HEALTHY SOIL, INCLUDING ITS NEXUS WITH WATER CONSERVATION.

THIS GRANT SUPPORTS THE COSTS INCURRED TO IMPLEMENT MEASURES TO RESPOND TO THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19), WHICH MAY INCLUDE WORKPLACE SAFETY, MARKET PIVOTS, RETROFITTING FACILITIES, TRANSPORTATION, WORKER HOUSING, AND MEDICAL EXPENSES. IT PROVIDES NEEDED RELIEF TO THE FOOD PROCESSORS, DISTRIBUTORS, FARMERS MARKETS, AND PRODUCERS FOR THEIR COSTS INCURRED BETWEEN JANUARY 27, 2020, THE DATE UPON WHICH THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE (HHS) UNDER SECTION 319 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT, AND DECEMBER 31, 2021. BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE THE EMPLOYEES OF THE FOOD PROCESSORS, DISTRIBUTORS, FARMERS MARKETS, AND PRODUCERS.