Additional Funding Needs: Expanding the Reach and Impact of the KSU Food Forest
The goal is for the KSU Food Forest to serve as a bridge between KSU and marginalized
Atlanta communities through the development of a unique and replicable STEM education
curriculum, outreach programs, and training in sustainable and regenerative agriculture
for food insecure communities. We hope to be able to provide incentives to engage
youth, community leaders, and residents from Atlanta’s low-income communities to participate
in the programs and training with the goal that they will ultimately be able to teach
the design and planting of food forests in their own neighborhoods. Additional support
for the project will provide critical funding to expand the reach and impact of the
KSU Food Forest to disseminate this effective, but underutilized sustainable agricultural
system, and empower and benefit low income, food insecure communities in metro Atlanta
and beyond.