Campbellton Community Garden

The Campbellton Community Garden will increase the vitality of the neighborhood by ameliorating the dire food desert that exists in Venetian Hills and Fort McPherson. The garden site is on a vacant lot adopted through the AgLanta "Grows-A-Lot" Program. Through this program, what is now an empty space with unrealized potential will soon become a force for good, transforming the way we eat, grow, and live in our neighborhood. The AgLanta "Grows-A-Lot" program was launched to help meet Mayor Kasim Reed's goal: ensuring that 75% of Atlanta residents are within a half-mile of healthy food by 2020. Currently the closest large supermarket to the community garden site is a Kroger located 2.2 miles away, making this area a severe food desert. The Campbellton community garden thus has the potential to begin generating fresh and healthy options for our neighbors. Furthermore, while access poses a major barrier to nutritional behavioral choices, health literacy also remains a common barrier. Our community garden members want to address the issue of health literacy by sponsoring raised beds specifically for the children and families at the two nearby churches on the street. By partnering with these churches, we are excited to have a hand in educating the next generation about growing food and maintaining a healthy diet.