Although it was the thirteenth iteration of AKTF, this 12 months was solely the second time Georgia Organics workers headed the festivities. As the brand new stewards of AKTF, we’re completely satisfied to share AKTF 2024 raised greater than $50,000 for our work supporting the native farmers who nurture the land, folks, and communities we name residence! We additionally doubled down on our dedication to farmers by curating a lineup nearly completely of eating places enrolled in GO’s Farmer Champion program, which honors the meals trade professionals in Georgia who’re dedicated to investing in native economies, decreasing their carbon footprint, and making sustainable and natural farming extra viable by sourcing domestically. Extra accomplishments from this 12 months’s pageant embody:
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Diverted 2,160 lbs of waste away from landfills (that is 400 lbs of compost, 480 lbs of glass, 180 lbs of aluminum and plastic, and 100 lbs of cardboard!)
Whereas the day began out wet, our GO crew of workers and volunteers, in addition to all of the collaborating eating places, shortly set to work placing collectively a killer social gathering for everybody. Fortunately, issues dried up in time for attendees to get pleasure from all of the bites we needed to supply—hats off to our Tomato Champions of 2024, together with “Finest Dish” winner Bread and Butterfly’s spin on a traditional Southern-style tomato biscuits and gravy, and “Finest Cocktail” winner SamWitch Store’s refreshing tomato Jello shot with a layer of inexperienced tomato gelee.
