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We Were Short on Money, Not Short on Spirit BlogOutreach Stories

We Were Short on Money, Not Short on Spirit

Ms. Nancy prefers mornings.  “7:00,” she told me firmly when we confirmed our meeting.  I arrive at 7:11. Nancy’s gray eyes are the first thing you notice about her along with neatly trimmed, silver-platinum hair.  “It’s going to be all right,” she said as I entered her apartment. “We’re going to make it.” This is her signature response, greeting, and…
August 5, 2026
When Customer Service Jobs Disappear, Workers Turn to SNAP BlogOutreach Stories

When Customer Service Jobs Disappear, Workers Turn to SNAP

Ebony moved to Atlanta less than eight months ago. Her daughter and son-in-law live here, along with her grandchildren. The move was meant to bring her closer to family, not to restart her financial life. Then without any sense that it was coming, her job was eliminated.  “AI took it from me,” Ebony said. “They said my position was being…
August 5, 2026
Injured and Between Paychecks, a Hotel Manager Turns to SNAP Again BlogOutreach

Injured and Between Paychecks, a Hotel Manager Turns to SNAP Again

“I can’t believe I’m back here,” Thomas said as he lowered himself to the bench with one quick full body drop. It shook the table like a small earthquake. I could feel his fatigue. “SNAP makes you intentional about food,” he said. “You can’t waste it. You can’t impulse buy. You plan every meal. When it’s gone it’s gone.” Five…
June 15, 2026
Who Is The Face Of SNAP In Georgia? Blog

Who Is The Face Of SNAP In Georgia?

In the height of the 2025 SNAP shutdown crisis -- in which SNAP payments were delayed for the first time in 60+ years of the program --  Wholesome Wave Georgia spoke with many people struggling to find food, all with different backgrounds and challenges. The truth is, there is no "face of SNAP." There are just folks who were dealt…
November 13, 2025
Wholesome Wave Georgia Announces New Executive Board Members with Deep Community Ties Blog

Wholesome Wave Georgia Announces New Executive Board Members with Deep Community Ties

Popular Athens restaurant owner to lead non-profit’s board. Wholesome Wave Georgia (WWG) is excited to announce that Athens-based chef and restaurateur Peter Dale will serve as our new Board Chair, and Lawton Bloom will serve as our Board Treasurer. A WWG board member since 2021, Dale is a passionate advocate for sustainable and equitable food systems. He will play a…
April 8, 2025
The realities of a food desert Blog

The realities of a food desert

Earlier this year, Wholesome Wave Georgia wanted to fully understand the difference between shopping for food with SNAP/EBT in a food desert compared to a local farmers market. We set out with the same amount of money to each location. First, we went to a food desert in DeKalb County and visited two corner stores. What we found there was alarming. There was only one option that…
November 11, 2024
WWG’s signature program is well-timed for families struggling with rising food costs Blog

WWG’s signature program is well-timed for families struggling with rising food costs

“The last time Americans spent this much of their money on food, George H. W. Bush was in office, “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” was in theaters and C+C Music Factory was rocking the Billboard charts.” — “It’s Been 30 Years Since Food Ate Up This Much of Your Income,” The Wall Street Journal, February 2024. It’s clear to many of…
March 7, 2024
Summer school food programs provide critical nutrition for children Blog

Summer school food programs provide critical nutrition for children

In January, Federal Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and U.S. Rep Nikema Williams, among other notable participants, held a press conference at Tri Cities High School about an extremely important topic: maintaining and expanding summer food programs for school children. As a proud member of the local food movement, Wholesome Wave Georgia (WWG) was honored to be the only Georgia…
March 1, 2024
Wholesome Wave Georgia Awarded Next50 Grant to Support Food-Insecure Older Adults in Atlanta Blog

Wholesome Wave Georgia Awarded Next50 Grant to Support Food-Insecure Older Adults in Atlanta

Wholesome Wave Georgia (WWG) received a $302,037 Advancing Innovation in Aging grant from Next50 - a national foundation based in Colorado that supports efforts to improve the lives of older adults and their caregivers - to improve access to fresh, healthy food among older adults over a three-year period within the City of Atlanta.  This funding will allow WWG to…
January 17, 2024
Wholesome Wave Georgia Awarded USDA Grant to Support Critical Food and Nutrition Security Blog

Wholesome Wave Georgia Awarded USDA Grant to Support Critical Food and Nutrition Security

Funds will provide fresh, local produce to food-insecure Georgians.   ATLANTA, GA — A nearly $1 million federal grant awarded to Wholesome Wave Georgia (WWG) will increase affordable access to fresh, healthy, locally grown food for Georgians across the state, including thousands of food-insecure people in communities across Metro Atlanta. WWG is one of 19 organizations in the country — and…
November 15, 2023
How WWG is Becoming a National Leader Blog

How WWG is Becoming a National Leader

From our innovative community engagement approach to the systems we've built to support our statewide partners, Wholesome Wave Georgia is becoming a national leader. This year, we've been invited to share our strategies, processes, and learnings at conferences and convenings to help organizations doing similar work around the world. At each stop, we've also gained important knowledge and made impactful…
July 26, 2023
Wholesome Wave Georgia Expands Work in City of Atlanta Blog

Wholesome Wave Georgia Expands Work in City of Atlanta

Wholesome Wave Georgia (WWG) is pleased to share their progress to increase nutrition access while raising awareness about making fresh, healthy, locally grown food affordable and available in the City of Atlanta. Since January, WWG deepened their work within the City of Atlanta to improve food security after receiving a $500,000 grant from the City of Atlanta to expand the…
July 21, 2023
Reaching our Aging Community at Big Bethel Village Blog

Reaching our Aging Community at Big Bethel Village

by Amanda Newsom Since Wholesome Wave Georgia’s inception in 2009, we’ve made incredible progress growing our partnerships to offer access to locally grown food to people across our state. As we embark on the next chapter in our organization's growth, we’re eager to serve one of our most vulnerable populations which also happens to be a significant percentage of eligible…
July 17, 2023
Building Hyper Local Food Systems in Atlanta Blog

Building Hyper Local Food Systems in Atlanta

by Trinity Harrison When we talk about nutrition access, we’re talking about what makes a community sustainable. Often the idea of sustainability is relegated to the idea of changing our environmental impacts, but really it’s a whole theory that embodies social, economic, and environmental principles. Wholesome Wave Georgia received a $500,000 grant from the City of Atlanta in early 2023…
July 17, 2023
Working With Government to Improve Food Access Blog

Working With Government to Improve Food Access

Our biggest partner in making fresh, healthy, locally grown food affordable and available for all Georgians is the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Public funding enables Wholesome Wave Georgia (WWG) to bridge the gap between our local farmers and families that shop with SNAP/EBT, also known as food stamps, to double their purchasing power for fresh fruits and vegetables.…
June 27, 2023
The Rolling Success of Mobile Markets for Healthy, Local Food Blog

The Rolling Success of Mobile Markets for Healthy, Local Food

Eager to explore new ways to provide technical and other support to Georgia’s mobile markets, Wholesome Wave Georgia’s Moira O’Neill virtually attended the Mobile Market Summit hosted by Veggie Van Training Center in Buffalo, NY. Moira explained that the summit brought together all kinds of mobile market owners and supervisors from across the United States to share what they do,…
September 12, 2022