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Georgia State Senator Kim Jackson was born with her hands in the dirt. “I grew up in the rural south on a farm where we ate vegetables all the time,” she explains. “I was raised in 4H.” This life shaped her approach to food. “I may not love Brussels sprouts,” she laughs, “but I developed a taste for them!” Her…

With several military bases in Georgia, it’s no surprise that Georgia has more military veterans than 42 other states. More than 614,000 veterans live in Georgia. For many of them, food stamps are a critical lifeline. Across the country, 1.2 million veterans use food stamps, also known as SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). In Georgia, about 7% of all veterans…

Cherease Kincaid with the Farm Truck 912 Surprises sometimes come in big packages. The USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) increased benefits by 25% starting on October 1, 2021. This increase is the largest in program history, on the heels of a global pandemic that shut down our economy and left many people without food. There’s no doubt that the…

Fruit and vegetable prescription programs are growing all across the country. At Wholesome Wave Georgia, we believe that food is medicine, and we’re very proud to support this concept in Georgia through our Georgia Food for Health program. The Georgia Food For Health (GF4H) Program promotes affordable access to fruits and vegetables and healthy eating in under-served communities through partnerships…

September is Hunger Action Month, and with federal pandemic unemployment benefits ending, more people will face difficult decisions about food. Hunger Action Month began in 2008 during the Great Recession, and the need has only increased due to the global pandemic. Now, more than ever, our neighbors in need could use a helping hand. Here are five things you can…

We were excited and honored to receive a $646,781 grant from the USDA to support the “Georgia Fresh for Less” program! These funds will match Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits—dollar for dollar—for fruits and vegetables at participating farmers markets and farms, making it affordable for SNAP consumers to build healthy shopping and eating habits. We were the only nonprofit…

On a sunny South Georgia day while riding my bike in my neighborhood and quoting hip-hop lyrics as a boy, I was the target of a racist act. The only thing that I loved more than my blue Huffy BMX bike was hip-hop. Each day, I’d ride my bike and perform a cappella. On the day that I will never…

A Letter From Our Executive Director As a lifelong Georgian with generations of my family dating back to 1836 going from enslavement to sharecropping to professional occupations, I know full well the frustration that Americans are feeling about the senseless killings of black people. These past few months have been unprecedented. The global pandemic has blanketed us with loss, isolation,…