Open Hand is an Atlanta nonprofit that makes healthy meals with dietitians and delivers them to people with serious or long-term illness across Georgia. It also offers nutrition counseling and classes. It runs a free 11-week chef training program too.
S. is an Atlanta-area nonprofit that fights childhood obesity. It runs a mobile food pantry for families and seniors who have trouble getting affordable food. It also offers cooking classes, kids' programs and a summer camp for girls.
Community Farmers Markets is a nonprofit that runs weekly farmers markets in Decatur and Atlanta. The Oakhurst market is on Saturday mornings at 630 East Lake Drive in Decatur. Shoppers who use SNAP/EBT get matching tokens for fruits and vegetables at the market information tent.
The East Atlanta Village Farmers Market is an outdoor market held on Thursday evenings in a park in East Atlanta. It sells local food and crafts, and it doubles SNAP/EBT dollars so $10 of EBT gets $20 of food. It also has chef cooking demos and a garden with kids' activities.
Wholesome Wave Georgia helps Georgia families get fresh, local fruits and vegetables. It matches SNAP/EBT spending at partner markets and stores, runs a produce prescription program with healthcare providers, and gives free help with SNAP and other benefit applications.
Meals On Wheels Atlanta brings healthy meals to older people with low income who live in parts of Fulton County. It also offers pantry food, pet food, and home repair help. Groups can order meals or book a cooking demo.
Open Hand is an Atlanta nonprofit that makes healthy meals planned by dietitians and sends them to people who are sick or cannot cook for themselves. It also teaches nutrition and runs a free 11-week culinary job-training program for people who are out of work or underemployed.
West End Community Urban Garden & Nursery, also called The Garden Queen, is a garden in East Point led by Haylene Green. It teaches people how to grow, cook and eat healthy food. Neighbors can volunteer in the garden and come to cooking classes and garden events.
West End Community Garden is an organic urban garden led by Haylene Green, known as The Garden Queen. It teaches people how to grow, prepare and eat healthy food. It offers classes, garden events, consultations and volunteer days, plus a new program that brings seniors and youth together.
Truly Living Well is a nonprofit urban farm on Atlanta's Westside that grows vegetables, herbs, and fruit without chemical pesticides. People can buy fresh produce at its on-site farm market and through a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) box program, with sliding-scale pricing for those who need it. The farm also teaches people to grow their own food through classes like Gardening 101, farm tours, an Urban Grower Boot Camp, and youth programs such as a summer camp.
Open Hand Atlanta is a nonprofit that makes healthy meals and teaches people about food and health. It delivers frozen meals made with dietitians to people with long-term illnesses, and it also offers produce boxes, grocery bags, nutrition classes and free culinary job training. Its services are free to clients.
Grant Park Clinic is a nonprofit Christian medical clinic in southeast Atlanta. It gives check-ups, care for short-term and long-term illnesses, women's health care and prenatal care to uninsured and low-income people. What you pay depends on your family income and family size, and the staff speak English and Spanish.
Fulton County Senior Services runs senior centers across the county for older adults. The centers offer group meals, classes, health talks, fitness and activities. The county also lists home-delivered meals, in-home help, transportation and a senior information line.
Fulton County Department of Senior Services runs senior centers across Fulton County. Neighborhood Senior Centers serve group meals and offer classes, health education, fitness and activities. Four Senior Multipurpose Facilities offer classes, fitness, and other activities for adults age 55 and older.
This is the Fulton County office of UGA Extension. Agents answer questions about gardening, plants, soil and water, and they help test soil, water and plant samples. The office also runs 4-H programs for young people and a Master Gardener volunteer program.
The Metro Atlanta Urban Farm is a five-acre organic farm in College Park that grows fresh fruits and vegetables and gives away free produce to neighbors in need. It teaches people of all ages how to grow their own food through hands-on agricultural training, community garden space, and classes on canning, gardening, and food preparation. The farm also runs programs for youth and seniors and hosts community events, including a yearly food sovereignty conference.
My Style Matters is a nonprofit in Atlanta that helps people living with cancer, with a focus on breast cancer. It offers a peer support group, a 3-month wellness program for Black women, and limited money help for people in active treatment. It also offers plant-based nutrition classes and health events.
Quality Care for Children is a nonprofit that has worked with Georgia families and child care providers since 1979. It helps parents find child care, learn about help paying for it, and apply for state help like CAPS. It also coaches and trains child care providers and runs a food program for child care programs.
Rosaleana's is a nonprofit in Georgia that helps people with housing, food, jobs, and learning. It also supports people with developmental disabilities and young adults leaving foster care. Adults can get help with transportation vouchers, job training, reading and GED classes, and a food pantry.
This federal program helps public schools, nonprofit private schools, and residential child care homes serve healthy lunches to kids every school day. Children from lower-income families, and kids who are homeless, in foster care, migrant, or runaway, can get these lunches free or at a reduced price through their school. Families do not apply here directly; they apply through their child's school.
