As most of you know, Atlanta was hit really hard by the rain a week ago and Georgia farmers are still assessing the damage done to their farms because of the flooding.  Farmers not only lost their fall crops, but irrigation systems, expensive compost, and there could be permanent damage to the soil.

Love is Love Farm in Douglasville, and other small farms feel the impact of Mother Nature much more than large-scale agrobusinesses.  It’s heart breaking to see these farmers who work so hard to bring us delicious, organic food experiencing such loss and devastation to their land in the last week.

Nature is unpredictable but we want these farmers to keep doing what they’re doing and providing us with all of the colorful produce at farmers’ markets each week.

How can we help?

There are many things that we, as members of the community can do, including giving directly to Georgia Flooded Farms Relief Fund.

Field of Greens Festival on Sunday, October 4th from 11 a.m.-6p.m. at Whippoorwhill Hollow Organic Farm will be donating proceeds to the Relief Fund.  Tickets are $15 for adults and free for children under 12.

Rosebud Restaurant (who serves great gluten-free food!) is hosting a “Here Comes the Sunshine” dine-out during the week of October 5-11.  They’ll be donating 15% of their proceeds to the Georgia Flooded Farms Relief Fund.  So you can enjoy delicious gluten-free food, support a local business AND offer help to local farms.

Check out this article about the effects of last week’s flooding on local farms.

I’ll keep you posted on other ways to help.

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