| Organization Name |
Type of Service Offered |
Description of Services Offered |
Phone |
Web Page |
| Atlanta Botanical Gardens |
Educational Materials |
General educational materials on plants and animals, as well as a plant hotline. |
404-876-5859 |
Link |
| Atlanta Botanical Gardens |
Classes and Applied Learning |
Classes for kids and adults, including cooking and planning a vegetable garden. |
404-876-5859 |
Link |
| Environmental Protection Division |
Reports |
Reports on the fish eating guidelines, with reports of consumption restrictions by region. Also contains guide tailored to pregnant and nursing women on fish consumption. |
N/A |
Link |
| Environmental Working Group |
Educational Materials |
Fish consumption calculator to determine safe levels given your age, gender, and heart disease status. |
N/A |
Link |
| Georgia Department of Public Health |
Educational Materials |
Resources for the healthy consumption of fish (in regards to mercury levels). |
N/A |
Link |
| Georgia Food Oasis |
Educational Materials |
Information on eating, cooking, and growing to prevent unhealthy eating due to food deserts. |
N/A |
Link |
| Georgia Organics |
Educational Materials |
Many resources for consumers to learn about the benefits of organic food. |
678-702-0400 ext 208 |
Link |
| Georgia Organics |
Grants and Funding |
List of grants offered for farm-to-school activities. |
678-702-0400 ext 208 |
Link |
| Georgia SHAPE |
Grants and Funding |
Numerous grant opportunities for schools. While actual grants may change, many current grants involve farm-to-school programs. |
N/A |
Link |
| Let’s Move! |
Grants and Funding |
Application and guidelines for schools to apply for a salad bar. |
N/A |
Link |
| National Public Radio |
Educational Materials |
Food desert locator map of the United States to help understand the problem of food deserts in Georgia. |
N/A |
Link |
| What’s on My Food? |
Educational Materials |
Searchable list of common foods and what pesticides are found on them. Also details health effects of these pesticides. |
510-788-9020 |
Link |
| Whole Kids Foundation |
Educational Materials |
School garden resource center, complete with instructions on building, tending, and recipes. |
N/A |
Link |
| UGA Cooperative Extension |
Educational Materials |
Soil testing and preparation resources |
N/A |
Link |
| Wallace Center |
Grants and Funding/Educational Materials |
Provides grants, workshops, and technical assistance to strengthen sustainable food-growing practices |
N/A |
Link |
| Atlanta Local Food |
Reports |
Conducts and aggregates research on local food and food policy |
N/A |
Link |
| Westside Food Oasis |
Educational Materials |
Features tips and recipes for healthy cooking; hosts idea-sharing and funding platforms |
678-553-5982 |
Link |
| Food Well Alliance |
Grants and Funding |
Offers grants to enhance community food security and access, healthy lifestyles, economic development, and environmental stewardship. |
N/A |
Link |
| Captain Planet Foundation |
Grants and Funding |
Provides small grants to support environmental stewardship projects and helps implement “Learning Gardens” and “Planeteer Clubs.” |
404-522-4270 |
Link |