The Atlanta Foodcast: A Food Podcast

On today’s episode, we’re continuing the Georgia Organics Annual Awards celebration on May 27with a conversation between Lauren Cox, who heads up our Farm to Restaurant program, and three winning Farmer Champions: Steven Satterfield of Miller Untion, Chris Wilkins of Root Baking Co., and Stevenson Rosslow of Wrecking Bar Brewpub. We hope you join our party to celebrate these chefs on Thursday, May 27, details at georgiaorganics.org...

Welcome to the Atlanta Foodcast: Awards Edition! I’m ME Comms Dir at Georgia Organics. We’re bringing you this special episode to celebrate the Georgia Organics Annual Awards, an ongoing virtual celebration of some truly remarkable farmers, leading up to an online get-together with these farmers on Thursday, May 27.  

To register and learn more about this event and read more about these Annual Awards, visit georgiaorganics.org/award...

For this week’s episode, we’re excited to bring you a rich conversation and Q&A between two paramount leaders in food sovereignty and farming: Leah Penniman and Matthew Raiford. This segment is a replay from our recent Eighth Annual Farm to School Summit. 

Before we get started, a few Georgia Organics’ announcements! Mark your calendars! We’re celebrating farmers, virtually, on Thursday, May 27 for Georgia Organics’ Annual Award...

Welcome to another episode of the Atlanta Foodcast by Georgia Organics! 

This week, we’re exploring farming, cooking, and climatology with some great guests. To kick things off: a farmer and chef conversation with Chris Edwards, farm manager of Sparta Gardens in Sparta, Georgia, and Jarrett Stieber, chef and owner of Little Bear in Atlanta’s Summerhill. We then caught up with agricultural climatologist Pam Knox, director of the UGA ...

Welcome to another Atlanta Foodcast by Georgia Organics! Today, we’re talking food policy and solutions with folks working at the national, regional, and local level.  

First, John Piotti, the president & CEO of American Farmland Trust, an organization dedicated to influencing policy to protect and conserve farmland. American Farmland Trust is a Georgia Organics supporter and business member.

After that, Katherine Kennedy and Nic...

On this week’s episode of the Atlanta Foodcast, special guest host Joe Reynolds, farmer at Love is Love Farm at Gaia Gardens, is talking to the legendary Haylene Green, the Garden Queen. Then we spoke to Erin Croom and Chef Asata of Small Bites Adventure Club.

First, Joe Reynolds of Love is Love Farm at Gaia Gardens (loveislovefarm.com) and former Georgia Organics board president joins us as a guest host to talk to a dear farming fr...

Welcome to the Atlanta Foodcast by Georgia Organics, I’m Mary Elizabeth, GO Communications Director. On this week’s episode, host Candace Dantes is speaking to Sed Rowe of Rowe Organics. Then I spoke to Jon and Rhandi Altidor of The Better Buggy. 

Candace Dantes joins the Atlanta Foodcast with her first hosted segment today talking with Sed Rowe of Rowe Organics in Southwest Georgia. Candace and Sed connected through their respectiv...

On today’s episode of the Atlanta Foodcast, we’re featuring two leading voices in the Georgia food, wellness, and farming space–Candace Dantes and Quianah Upton, both of whom will be joining the host team of the Atlanta Foodcast for upcoming segments! 

First up, Candace Dantes, an award-winning rural journalist and branding consultant. Candace is the Media Manager for the Black Farmers’ Network (blackfarmersnetwork.com/) and the Fou...

On this week’s episode of the Atlanta Foodcast, we’re talking to the managers and owner three Georgia cooperative and independent natural groceries: Ahzjah Simons of Atlanta’s Sevananda Natural Foods Co-Op, Kara Brown and Theo Horne of Athens’ Daily Groceries Co-op, and Kristin Russell of Savannah’s Brighter Day Natural Foods (and the Sentient Bean). Our conversation focuses on the background of these local food institutions and ho...

Welcome back to another year of conversations in food with farmers, chefs, community activists, and other leaders around Georgia! 

The year has been and continues to challenge, but our hope with the Atlanta Foodcast is that hearing from these incredible people will bring you inspiration. These are the leaders working hard to establish an equitable, regenerative food system for all Georgians.  

On today’s episode, we’re connecting wit...

We’re headed (safely) to Athens this week…with a quick detour in Rome!
 
First up, we’re at the Athens Farmers Market with Tamita Brown and Gabriel Jimenez, owners of Caribe United Farm in Oglethorpe. Tamita and Gabriel insist on raising animals - currently chicken, duck, guinea fowl, pigs, and more - in a way that's responsible, respectful to the animals and land, and a way which honors their Caribbean backgrounds and travels. Y...

This week on the Atlanta Foodcast we’re continuing to explore the theme of Georgia Organics’ year-end campaign: Stay Local through conversations with farmers Monica Ponce, Russell Honderd, and Ronnie Mathis. To learn more about Georgia Organics’ work, become a member, or shop directly from farmers, visit georgiaorganics.org/staylocal.

First, we’re talking to farmers Monica Ponce & Russell Honderd on navigating land and labor ar...

Welcome to another episode of the Atlanta Foodcast, hosted by Georgia Organics!

As Georgia Organics launches our end-of-year fundraising campaign: Stay Local, we’re focusing on why it’s so important that Georgians continue to support Georgia farmers by shopping as directly as possible from them. In this episode, we’re discussing the environmental and economic significance of supporting small farmers and why it’s so vital to support ...

Welcome to the Atlanta Foodcast, returning with your new hosts with Georgia Organics!

We sat down recently with the Forsyth Farmers’ Market (forsythfarmersmarket.com/) team in Savannah to talk about their work in the community both through the market itself and the several other programs they offer to champion food equity in Savannah and beyond. We spoke with Executive Director Jeb Bush, Director of Community Programs Mark Bowen, an...

Hey, friends! Just a quick update here and wanted to share what is happening here at the podcast.

In case you just can’t handle a good cliffhanger, I’ll cut to the good stuff: I’ll be moving on as your host! That’s right — there’s going to be a NEW host of The Atlanta Foodcast! I couldn’t be more excited about this and I’m very much looking forward to a new, creative individual taking the reins here. You’ll be hearing plenty more ab...

Meet Matt Hinton. He doesn’t come from a history of restaurateurs nor did he attend culinary school. Nay! The motivations behind this gentleman’s beloved-by-many business is quite the tale.

Bell Street Burritos is, as many know, a staple in the city. Trusty burritos, quesadillas, tamales, and plenty more. If you’re just now learning of Bell Street, you’re not completely out of luck. The locations continue to offer to-go orders and t...