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FreshPath is a tool. The real work happens at urban farms, mobile markets, and food banks across Atlanta. Here are the organizations actually closing the gap — and exactly how to back them.
$25 = a week of meals. Every org below accepts direct support.
Saturdays, evenings, family days. Most need 2 hours, not a career.
Open a grocery in a desert zip. Fund a Black-owned farm. Back ATL food startups.
East Point
Distributes 122 million meals across 29 metro counties annually.
Largest hunger-relief organization in Georgia. $1 = 4 meals.
West End
Black-led urban farming in Atlanta's food deserts.
Training the next generation of urban farmers in West End and Collegetown.
Citywide
Harvests fruit from forgotten city trees and delivers it to families.
Volunteer-run. Has redirected 50,000+ lbs of fresh produce since 2009.
Citywide
Backbone organization for Atlanta's local food movement.
Funds and supports 1,800+ urban farms, gardens, and markets across the metro.
Markets statewide
Doubles SNAP/EBT dollars at participating Atlanta farmers markets.
$50 of SNAP becomes $100 of fresh produce. Direct dollar-for-dollar match.
Forest Park
Connects Black and small farmers to Atlanta schools and institutions.
Investing here puts more local produce into Atlanta school lunches.
Cheshire Bridge
Cooks and delivers medically-tailored meals to chronically ill Atlantans.
1.4 million meals/year. Strong evidence-based food-as-medicine model.
Atlanta-based
ATL-founded startup turning surplus food into community meals.
Investable for-profit fighting hunger. Founded by Jasmine Crowe-Houston.
500,000+ residents are spending $1.5B+ annually on groceries — but traveling miles to do it. Building any well-stocked, SNAP-friendly grocery in West End, Bankhead, or Vine City is both a profit center and a civic act.
The City of Atlanta's Food Access Initiative offers tax incentives, the Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative funds Black-owned grocery startups, and Invest Atlanta backs mobile-market projects. The capital is sitting there.