{"73704":{"#nid":"73704","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Groups Support Local Food Efforts","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Office of Environmental Stewardship and the Georgia Tech Students Organizing For Sustainability have signed A Plan For Atlanta\u0027s Sustainable Food Future: The Atlanta Local Food Initiative (AFLI).  The plan outlines goals and objectives designed to create a food system that provides safe, nutritious, and affordable food from local, sustainable farms and gardens.  The initiative, known as ALFI, seeks to \u0022enhance human health, promote environmental renewal, foster local economies, and link rural and urban communities\u0022  (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.georgiaorganics.org\/Files\/ALFI.pdf\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.georgiaorganics.org\/Files\/ALFI.pdf\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.georgiaorganics.org\/Files\/ALFI.pdf\u003C\/a\u003E). \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Georgia Tech has been a leader in sustainability for over a decade,\u0022 said Georgia Tech\u0027s Director of Environmental Stewardship, Marcia Kinstler.  \u0022As advocates for a sustainable campus, we fully support initiatives involving local and organic food supplies.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students also support the ALFI initiative.  Georgia Tech Students Organizing for Sustainability (GT S.O.S.) member Liam Rattray worked to bring local organic foods to campus through a community supported agriculture program.  The program allows students, faculty, and staff to purchase fresh, organic produce on a weekly basis.   The GT S.O.S also works to engage the Georgia Tech and Atlanta communities through discussions about buying organics, composting, and creating community gardens.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Office of Environmental Stewardship and the Georgia Tech Students Organizing For Sustainability have signed A Plan For Atlanta\u0027s Sustainable Food Future: The Atlanta Local Food Initiative (AFLI).","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech groups sign ALFI document"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2008-07-18 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:33","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-07-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2008-07-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73705":{"id":"73705","type":"image","title":"Food prepared at Georgia Tech","body":null,"created":"1449178012","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:52","changed":"1475894676","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:36"}},"media_ids":["73705"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.georgiaorganics.org\/about_us\/programs_projects.php","title":"Georgia Organics"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.georgiaorganics.org\/Files\/ALFI.pdf","title":"AFLI Agreement"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EMarcia Kinstler\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBudget and Planning\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:marcia.kinstler@facilities.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact Marcia Kinstler\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-9289\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["marcia.kinstler@facilities.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}