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James Carr

Strengthening Our Roots: Partnering with Westside Growers ATL to Feed Older Adults Outreach Stories

Strengthening Our Roots: Partnering with Westside Growers ATL to Feed Older Adults

By Mike Rouse, WWG Community Developer At Wholesome Wave Georgia, we believe that nourishment goes beyond the plate. It's about connection, community, and investing in the people who grow our food. That’s why we’re proud to share that we recently sourced fresh, locally grown vegetables from Westside Growers ATL, led by the passionate and visionary Executive Director Rosario Hernandez. This…
May 8, 2025
Helping Older Adults Transition with Dignity: A Conversation about Housing Outreach Stories

Helping Older Adults Transition with Dignity: A Conversation about Housing

Recently, I had the privilege of speaking with a group of older adults living in an income-based housing community. We gathered to discuss a topic that often goes unnoticed but carries a lot of weight: what it’s really like to transition into communal senior living after decades of being rooted in a different kind of community. Many of these residents…
May 8, 2025
Wholesome Wave Georgia Announces New Executive Board Members with Deep Community Ties Blog

Wholesome Wave Georgia Announces New Executive Board Members with Deep Community Ties

Popular Athens restaurant owner to lead non-profit’s board. Wholesome Wave Georgia (WWG) is excited to announce that Athens-based chef and restaurateur Peter Dale will serve as our new Board Chair, and Lawton Bloom will serve as our Board Treasurer. A WWG board member since 2021, Dale is a passionate advocate for sustainable and equitable food systems. He will play a…
April 8, 2025
The realities of a food desert Blog

The realities of a food desert

Earlier this year, Wholesome Wave Georgia wanted to fully understand the difference between shopping for food with SNAP/EBT in a food desert compared to a local farmers market. We set out with the same amount of money to each location. First, we went to a food desert in DeKalb County and visited two corner stores. What we found there was alarming. There was only one option that…
November 11, 2024
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Plant 2 Plate – Good Sam (Atlanta) Outreach

Plant 2 Plate – Good Sam (Atlanta)

GET 50% OFF PLANT STARTS AND SEEDS WITH EBT PLUS FREE GARDENING SUPPLIES. Led by Wholesome Wave Georgia and Food Well Alliance, Plant 2 Plate provides households on SNAP with 50% off local fruit and vegetable plant purchases when using EBT – plus free gardening kits – to grow fresh food at home. Date: Wednesday, May 8Time: 10 am - 1 pmLocation: 1015…
April 4, 2024
Plant 2 Plate – East Atlanta Village Farmers Market Outreach

Plant 2 Plate – East Atlanta Village Farmers Market

GET 50% OFF PLANT STARTS AND SEEDS WITH EBT PLUS FREE GARDENING SUPPLIES. Led by Wholesome Wave Georgia and Food Well Alliance, Plant 2 Plate provides households on SNAP with 50% off local fruit and vegetable plant purchases when using EBT – plus free gardening kits – to grow fresh food at home. Date: Thursday, April 18Time: 4 pm - 8 pmLocation: 572…
April 4, 2024
WWG’s signature program is well-timed for families struggling with rising food costs Blog

WWG’s signature program is well-timed for families struggling with rising food costs

“The last time Americans spent this much of their money on food, George H. W. Bush was in office, “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” was in theaters and C+C Music Factory was rocking the Billboard charts.” — “It’s Been 30 Years Since Food Ate Up This Much of Your Income,” The Wall Street Journal, February 2024. It’s clear to many of…
March 7, 2024
Summer school food programs provide critical nutrition for children Blog

Summer school food programs provide critical nutrition for children

In January, Federal Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and U.S. Rep Nikema Williams, among other notable participants, held a press conference at Tri Cities High School about an extremely important topic: maintaining and expanding summer food programs for school children. As a proud member of the local food movement, Wholesome Wave Georgia (WWG) was honored to be the only Georgia…
March 1, 2024
Wholesome Wave Georgia Awarded Next50 Grant to Support Food-Insecure Older Adults in Atlanta Blog

Wholesome Wave Georgia Awarded Next50 Grant to Support Food-Insecure Older Adults in Atlanta

Wholesome Wave Georgia (WWG) received a $302,037 Advancing Innovation in Aging grant from Next50 - a national foundation based in Colorado that supports efforts to improve the lives of older adults and their caregivers - to improve access to fresh, healthy food among older adults over a three-year period within the City of Atlanta.  This funding will allow WWG to…
January 17, 2024
Unearthing Farm and Market – Info Table & Survey Collection Outreach

Unearthing Farm and Market – Info Table & Survey Collection

We’ll be at Unearthing Farm and Market in Atlanta on Saturday, February 10, from 10:00am to 3:00pm giving surveys to shoppers who use their EBT card to purchase produce from vendors – take our survey, and you’ll receive a $20 Visa gift card! We’ll also be available to answer questions about WWG services, including general assistance with government benefits like…
January 12, 2024
Atlanta Harvest Market – Info Table & Survey Collection Outreach

Atlanta Harvest Market – Info Table & Survey Collection

We’ll be at Atlanta Harvest in Ellenwood on Friday, February 2, from 3:00pm to 5:00pm giving surveys to shoppers who use their EBT card to purchase produce from vendors – take our survey, and you’ll receive a $20 Visa gift card! We’ll also be available to answer questions about WWG services, including general assistance with government benefits like SNAP and…
January 12, 2024
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Grant Park Market – Info Table & Survey Collection Outreach

Grant Park Market – Info Table & Survey Collection

We’ll be at Grant Park Farmers Market in Atlanta on Saturday, January 21, from 9:00am to 1:00pm giving surveys to shoppers who use their EBT card to purchase produce from vendors – take our survey, and you’ll receive a $20 Visa gift card! We’ll also be available to answer questions about WWG services, including general assistance with government benefits like…
January 12, 2024
Wholesome Wave Georgia Awarded USDA Grant to Support Critical Food and Nutrition Security Blog

Wholesome Wave Georgia Awarded USDA Grant to Support Critical Food and Nutrition Security

Funds will provide fresh, local produce to food-insecure Georgians.   ATLANTA, GA — A nearly $1 million federal grant awarded to Wholesome Wave Georgia (WWG) will increase affordable access to fresh, healthy, locally grown food for Georgians across the state, including thousands of food-insecure people in communities across Metro Atlanta. WWG is one of 19 organizations in the country — and…
November 15, 2023