Since 2017, Georgia Organics has been engaging West Georgia families in learning about, growing, and purchasing local, healthy food. Recently, Georgia Organics has deepened its roots in the area with new partnerships and activities as part of its ongoing Farm to Early Care & Education programming.
Over the past few months, Georgia Organics’ Community Collaborations team partnered with local farmer Terri Parmer of High Spirits Farm to work with students and staff at the University of West Georgia Early Learning Center and the Community Action for Improvement‘s (CAFI) Carrollton Head Start. Together, they grew seasonal vegetable gardens with turnips, kale, collards, lettuce, spinach, radishes, dill, strawberries, marigolds, and more. Every month, Farmer Terri spent hands-on time in the garden with students, read to classes about farming and healthy eating, and even brought in one of her hens, Ms. Betty, to visit.
