BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – The City of Birmingham and the Jones Valley Teaching Farm are investing in local urban farmers.

A total of $100,000 was granted to ten organizations within the city. Each of the organizations will receive $10,000.

Those ten organizations include:

• A Beautiful Life Enterprises (ABLE): Whole-food nutrition and healing through community-centered education and gardening.
• Birmingham Eastside EcoGardens (B.E.E.): Growing food, wellness, and environmental stewardship in East Birmingham.
• Birmingham Urban Gardeners: Teaching communities to grow food and build sustainability together.
• Bush Hills Connections Inc.: Revitalizing Bush Hills through urban farming, wellness, and opportunity.
• Christian Service Mission: Expanding neighborhood food access through gardens and partnerships.
• East Lake Recovery Center: Cultivating recovery, connection, and healing through peer-led gardening.
• The Flourish: Where art, food sovereignty, and community wellness take root.
• LiftUp Alabama Foundation: Growing students through outdoor learning and food education.
• Magic City Mushrooms: Local mushrooms, community education, and sustainable growing.
• Reviving Our Neighbor CDC: Advancing equity and fresh food access in Ensley.

The money is intended to go toward garden upgrades, community food education, and more.

“The City of Birmingham is proud to stand with Jones Valley Teaching Farm in supporting our local urban farmers. These investments are proof of our commitment to both small business growth and food access for all residents,” said Birmingham Mayor Randall L. Woodfin. “Congratulations to all our grant recipients and thanks to Jones Valley for your dedication to the health, wellness, and economic growth of our city.”

“I am thrilled to see how this investment increases our ability to feed each other and inspires folks to grow, cook, and share food. Many of the awardees have garden training components to their work, allowing the impact to spread far beyond the urban farms themselves,” said Jessica Hill, Jones Valley Teaching Farm Community Programs Manager.

The initiative is being funder through the American Rescue Plan Act.

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