23 organizations
How environmental programs help Atlanta households
This category pays bills, cools houses, and feeds people — it's more practical than it sounds. The Weatherization Assistance Program (through local community action agencies) upgrades insulation and seals leaks in income-eligible homes free, permanently cutting power bills; the companion LIHEAP program pays energy bills directly during seasonal enrollment windows that open and close fast — call early in the season.
Community gardens offer cheap plots and free know-how across the city, with the Food Well Alliance supporting growers metro-wide; Trees Atlanta plants free shade trees in neighborhoods that need cooling most. After storms, county emergency management and community groups coordinate cleanup and repair help.
What to expect when you call: weatherization and energy assistance are documentation-heavy — ID, income proof, and your utility bill — and waitlists are normal. Apply anyway; the bill savings are permanent while the paperwork is once.
Georgia Organics is a statewide nonprofit that supports organic and sustainable farmers in Georgia. It helps farmers with training, coaching, grants, group buying, organic certification help, and a directory that connects people with local farms and food businesses.
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Georgia Environmental Finance Authority is a state agency that funds and manages programs for clean water, energy savings, land conservation, and fuel storage tanks. It helps local governments with loans and grants, and it also oversees home weatherization and energy rebate programs for eligible Georgia households.
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The web records provided match Piedmont Park Conservancy, not Positive Transition Services, Inc. Piedmont Park Conservancy is a nonprofit that helps maintain and improve Piedmont Park with the City of Atlanta, and it runs public programs like walks, markets, classes, volunteer days, and events.
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The City of College Park is the local government for College Park, Georgia. It helps residents with city services like utilities, public safety information, community events, city meetings, and ways to give feedback.
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Cherokee County Recycling Center is a county-run place where people can drop off recycling and some household items. It accepts single-stream recycling, glass, cardboard, some electronics, appliances, paint, mattresses, metal, and other items, with some fees. It is not a mental health or crisis service.
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Atlanta Preservation Center is a nonprofit that protects Atlanta's historic buildings, neighborhoods, and landscapes. It helps through preservation advocacy, education programs, public tours, school programs, and events at historic sites.
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AWARE Wildlife Center (Atlanta Wild Animal Rescue Effort) rescues, treats, and releases injured and orphaned native Georgia wild animals at its center at the base of Arabia Mountain in Lithonia. If you find a sick, hurt, or orphaned wild animal, their Animal Help Desk can guide you on what to do and how to get it care. They also teach the public how to live safely alongside wildlife through tours and education programs with their animal ambassadors.
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AgLanta is the City of Atlanta's urban agriculture program, run out of the Mayor's Office of Resilience and the Department of City Planning. It helps residents grow and find fresh local food through city land-to-garden programs, an online food hub, classes, and community events. Its goal is for every Atlanta resident to live within a half-mile of affordable fresh food.
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The Dunwoody Nature Center is a nonprofit nature preserve on 22 acres of forest, meadow, and creek inside Dunwoody Park. The grounds and walking trails are free and open to everyone from sunrise to sunset every day. They also run nature education programs, summer camps, a preschool, guided hikes, and community events for kids and adults.
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Concrete Jungle is an Atlanta-based nonprofit that rescues fresh fruits and vegetables that would otherwise go to waste and gives them to people who are hungry. Volunteers pick fruit from backyards, parks, and farms, and the group also grows vegetables on its own small urban farm. Each year it distributes about 1 million pounds of produce to food pantries and soup kitchens across Georgia.
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Acre & Herd Ranch is a small veteran-owned farm in Griffin, Georgia that raises pasture-raised Katahdin lamb using regenerative farming. It is a for-profit business that sells lamb meat directly to customers and also rents out its sheep to graze and manage weeds at solar farms. It is not a free food or assistance program.
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Brandy's Botany Bay is a small home-based business in Marietta run by Brandy Alford. It sells non-GMO heirloom seeds and mushroom (mycology) growing products, mostly through its online Etsy shop. This is a seed and gardening retailer, not a free food or social-services program.
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Metro Atlanta Urban Farm is a working urban farm in College Park that grows fresh, affordable produce and teaches people how to grow their own food. They run a farm market, give gardening and nutrition classes, rent garden plots, offer field trips, and donate fresh produce to homeless shelters and community partners.
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Cedar Seeder Wellness Farm is a small family-owned 3.5-acre farm in Snellville that grows organic leafy greens, microgreens, herbs, and seasonal produce without pesticides. They sell fresh food and wellness items like smoothies and juices, and run a self-serve spring water station drawn from a 400-foot well that anyone can use 24/7 for about 50 cents a gallon.
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Unearthing Farm & Market is a nonprofit urban farm on a once-vacant lot between the Edgewood and Kirkwood neighborhoods, where they grow organic vegetables, fruit, herbs, and flowers. They run a pay-what-you-can farm stand where no one is turned away for lack of money, accept and double SNAP/EBT, and keep a free community fridge stocked with fresh food. The farm is also an open green space where neighbors can gather, volunteer, and connect.
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Atlanta Harvest is a family-owned, Black-owned urban farm and open-air market in Ellenwood that grows naturally-grown fruits and vegetables and sells fresh produce, meats, eggs, teas, and coffee. They run a weekly produce box (CSA) program, an on-site farm market and nursery, and offer hands-on classes and volunteer days through their nonprofit, Cultivating Humanity, to teach people how to grow food, cook, and care for animals.
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Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture runs urban farms on Atlanta's Westside that grow fresh, naturally grown food. They sell produce through a weekly CSA produce-box program and a monthly farmers market, and they teach people how to grow their own food through classes, training, and farm tours.
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Food Well Alliance is a nonprofit network that helps community gardens, urban farms, and orchards across metro Atlanta grow more local food. They support over 300 growing sites with grants, compost, tools, training, and volunteers, and they work with local governments on food-system planning. They mainly help organizations and growers, not individuals directly.
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Blue Heron Urban Farms & Sanctuary is a Black- and woman-owned regenerative farm and wildlife sanctuary on 74 acres in Chattahoochee Hills, just south of Atlanta. They grow organic vegetables, herbs, and culturally meaningful crops while teaching the community about sustainable farming and food security. They also host farm visits, workshops, retreats, and private events, and protect habitat for native birds and wildlife.
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AgroMajic is a small urban neighborhood farm in the Atlanta area, based at Pendergrast Farm near Emory/Decatur. It runs a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program that sells weekly boxes of freshly picked vegetables, fruits, and herbs, and it hosts community wellness and sustainability events. Members pay a subscription and pick up produce at the farm.
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