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TUE, JULY 19 – MADE FROM SCRATCH FREE KIDS SUMMER MEALS AT THE VEGGIE TRUCK FARMERS MARKET
Bring your kids to Taste the Season with a free, right-from-the-garden meal at the Veggie Truck Farmers Market. July 19 and July 26. 4:30pm-5:3pm. Hands-on activity included! Sponsored by Wholesome Wave Georgia, the Georgia Food Bank Association and Icebox Urban Farm.

TUE, JULY 26 – ALG BOARD MEETING
Our board members will meet for an annual summer meeting at the end of this month. If you have any suggestions or concerns (or kudos!) that you’d like our board to discuss, please email them to our fabulous Board President, Amy Sutter, at arsutter@hotmail.com. Your input is important to us as a nonprofit organization!

THU, JULY 28 – FOOD OASIS MEETING – Join with other local food activists, led by Georgia Organics, to make some real progress in our community together! This meeting will be held and hosted by Helms College. Text Kim at 706-288-7895 to get the RSVP link!

SAT, AUG 6 – VOLUNTEER WORK DAY AT ICEBOX URBAN FARM
Rise above this heat! Come sweat with us ALG and the good folks at Icebox Urban Farm as we get the campus ready for school group education visits this fall! 8am-1pm. We ALWAYS feed our volunteers healthy, beautiful food. Closed-toe shoes and water bottles are a must! For more information, text Kim at 706-288-7895.

TUES, AUG 9 – NATIONAL FARMERS MARKET WEEK, CELEBRATED AT THE VEGGIE TRUCK FARMERS MARKET!
Come get silly with us in celebration of this fabulous national movement. Tattoos and tshirt-give-aways are planned! Support the most feel-good farmers market in Augusta. And yes, we double EBT!!! Every Tuesday, 4:30pm-7pm, at 1850 Broad Street, Augusta.

SAT, SEPT 24 – VOLUNTEER WORK DAY AT ICEBOX URBAN FARM AND THE HUNDREDS IN HARRISBURG PROJECT
There’s always something creative and fun to work on at this campus, dedicated to school group education. We’ll also be installing more free raised beds at individual homes in the community of Harrisburg! Join our volunteer groups from 9am-1pm. And yes! We always feed our volunteers healthy, beautiful food. For more information, text Kim at 706-288-7895.

SUN, SEPT 25 — FALL FARM TOUR
We’ve got some reconfiguring to do! Details coming soon!

SAT-SUN, OCT 28-29 – “HARVEST BYTES” – A FARM TO TABLE TECHNOLOGY EVENT
Join us as we partner with the Clubhou.se in downtown Augusta to explore ways in which sustainability and technology intersect to improve our local food system overall. Partake in an intellectually satisfying, gastronomically-elegant, farm-to-table meal created by the dynamic duo of Chef Charleen Tinley and Chef Jonathan Marks, formerly of the Roosters Beak. Learn about the intersection of microbes and wellness from speaker Dr. Steve Fountain. We’ll kick it all off with a competitive Good Food Hack A Thon the night before! Looking for sponsors now! Be a part of the thinking crowd … and eat well while doing it.

SAT, NOV 19 – NATIONAL VOLUNTEER FAMILY DAY AT ICEBOX URBAN FARM AND THE HUNDREDS IN HARRISBURG PROJECT!
Save the date! Bring your family! Make a difference!

Cheers!
Kim