What is the Georgia Organics Conference?
The annual Georgia Organics Conference & Expo is about fostering community – a community of farmers on the path toward prosperity, and a community of Georgians interested in supporting healthier foods, farms, and families. As we move our conference around the state, we help grow a united good food movement. We learn and share challenges and solutions, and we showcase and celebrate the transformational work of the people in our movement.
The South is home to some of the most innovative farmers and ranchers in sustainable and organic growing. Our two-day conference convenes these leaders alongside chefs, environmentalists, educators, home gardeners, community organizers, and eaters. By bringing these diverse participants closer together, we can inspire, reenergize, and mobilize attendees to work together and carve a new, better agricultural future for our state.
About Georgia Organics
Georgia Organics is a member supported, non-profit organization connecting organic food from Georgia farms to Georgia families. With the believe food should be community-based, not commodity-based.
An outgrowth of a grower’s association established in the 1970s, Georgia Organics is devoted to promoting sustainable foods and local farms in Georgia. A sustainable local food system is critical to the future of Georgia’s health, environment, and economy.
Recognizing this vital need, Georgia Organics builds supply through grower education and outreach, and grows demand on the consumer and business end by encouraging market opportunities for local food. With the three main goals of:
Increase the number of organic and sustainable farmers in Georgia
Increase the number of children participating in farm to school programs
Increase the number of Georgians eating local, organic food