Taste of East Atlanta
Thursday July 16th!
Each $1 buys you one taste from any food establishment in East Atlanta. Who says you can't get anything for a dollar anymore?
For more information visit www.tasteofeastatlanta.com
EAV FM Launches Wholesome Wave Georgia!
The EAV Farmers Market is excited to announce the launch of Wholesome Wave Georgia. Wholesome Wave is a national foundation whose mission is to "encourage and support increased production, availability and access to fresh, healthy and affordable locally grown food for the benefit of all."
EAV FM is the launch participant in the Double Value Coupon Program, through which market shoppers can use their EBT card and WIC Farmers Market Nutrition Vouchers at double their value for market purchases.
The Double Value Coupon Program was just featured in a Washington Post article which celebrates the program's benefits to both farmers and underserved consumers.
Accepting Food Stamps
Georgia food stamp recipients can use their EBT (Electronic Benefits Transfer)
cards to purchase special tokens to buy fresh, locally grown produce
and locally produced foods directly from vendors at the EAV Farmers Market for the second season. The market will also be accepting WIC farmers market nutrition program vouchers for the third season.
“This is a great opportunity for people to get fresh fruits and vegetables from local growers,” said Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture Terry Coleman. “We want Georgia Grown products to be available to as many people as possible.”
Burgess-Peterson Academy Garden
It would be an easy pun to talk about a project coming together organically when it’s about putting in a garden. Yet just as our gardens wouldn’t grow without the combination of soil, water, sun and a little TLC, the first phase the Burgess-Peterson Academy garden was successful because of the diversity of community that came together to make it happen.
A Week At McNair High School
The week of October 27th, McNair High School students enrolled in Family and Consumer Science classes will be offered a taste of opportunities available in food and urban agriculture as organized by the East Atlanta Village Farmers Market. The week includes an urban farm tour, cooking and nutrtion, herbs, value-added products and music production. A grant from the Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta makes this program possible. Read More
Ring Leader
Kate Barney is the EAV Farmers Market's new rocking Market Manager. She's an Atlanta native whose experience includes interning for Farm Aid, and more recently, an serving as an organizer for Cultivate, a group of farmers, activists, chefs, and co-producers with a youthful appetite, cultivating change in Georgia’s food ways through leadership and education. We're excited to report that Liam Rattray, 2008 Market Manager, earned a permaculture design certificate and is now spending a semester abroad working on different farms.