Atlanta to create country's largest public "food forest"


The Urban Food Forest would include edible trees, shrubs, vines, walking trails, community garden beds and a number of other features that would be open to the public for free.



The Conservation Fund is working in southeast Atlanta to help create a new 7.1 acre Community Urban Food Forest, the largest in the country. The effort aims to convert an existing agricultural property into a new model for urban park and forestry initiatives by growing a variety of fresh foods for public consumption within a public park.

The food forest will help Atlanta achieve its goal of ensuring "85 percent of the city residents are within one-half mile of fresh food access by 2021," according to a recently-approved Atlanta City Council ordinance

The City of Atlanta will now take over the site as the development of the food forest moves forward.

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