The day began with Shawn DeAngelo Walton asking God for a favor.
And as the strains of gospel music greeted people as they gathered in an historic Southwest Atlanta neighborhood Saturday to strategize on ways to address food insecurity as the government shutdown delays Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program benefits for local families, the entrepreneur’s prayer for the rain to hold off was answered.
Gathering at Walton’s garden in Ashview Heights for the Southwest Atlanta Neighbors Agricultural Plan emergency meeting, local urban farmers, grassroots organizations, concerned neighbors and Atlanta University Center college students sat around tables and tuned into the livestream to heed his call to discuss the state of the agricultural landscape and brainstorm ways to create sustainable faith-based food systems…