BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – The City of Birmingham and the Jones Valley Teaching Farm are investing in local urban farmers.
A total of $100,000 was granted to ten organizations within the city. Each of the organizations will receive $10,000.
Those ten organizations include:
- A Beautiful Life Enterprises (ABLE): Whole-food nutrition and healing through community-centered education and gardening.
- Birmingham Eastside EcoGardens (B.E.E.): Growing food, wellness, and environmental stewardship in East Birmingham.
- Birmingham Urban Gardeners: Teaching communities to grow food and build sustainability together.
- Bush Hills Connections Inc.: Revitalizing Bush Hills through urban farming, wellness, and opportunity.
- Christian Service Mission: Expanding neighborhood food access through gardens and partnerships.
- East Lake Recovery Center: Cultivating recovery, connection, and healing through peer-led gardening.
- The Flourish: Where art, food sovereignty, and community wellness take root.
- LiftUp Alabama Foundation: Growing students through outdoor learning and food education.
- Magic City Mushrooms: Local mushrooms, community education, and sustainable growing.
- Reviving Our Neighbor CDC: Advancing equity and fresh food access in Ensley.
The money is intended to go toward garden upgrades, community food education, and more…