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Upcoming Local Food Events:
  • Dec 10th: 2nd Annual Meet and Eat at Farm255, 12:30pm.   Farm255 and Slow Food Athens present the 2nd annual Meet and Eat.  This potluck luncheaon to celebrate the simple act of eating together and talking sloooowwwwww.....  Bring a dish to share or $5.  Cash bar.  
  • Dec 18th: Athens Crop Mob at Roots Farm, 2:00pm-6:00pm.   Join the mob on Sunday December 18th as they gather to help Roots Farm with all the fun stuff that farmers get to do everyday while we work! Come be a wanna be farmer and help out on one of our community’s amazing local, sustainable farms! Be ready to get dirty, because that is just what we are going to do. Also, as any good mob should do, there will be a lovely feast and bonfire afterwards. You will be rewarded for all your efforts with good noshes, good times, good people, together. The event is capped at 30 people. Please RSVP at http://www.facebook.com/events/176063355820475/
Down the Road:
  • April 14th: 15th Annual Old Timey Seed Swap
  • May 26th-28th: 5th Annual Athens Tour de Farm
  • July 14th-28th: 5th Annual Taste Your Place: Includes Taste Your Pie on Saturday, July 21st abd Taste Your Tapas on Thursday, July 26th. 

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PLACE is an Athens-based non-profit organization whose mission is to promote a strong, accessible local food culture in Athens. We accomplish this mission by (1) creating celebratory experiences; (2) incubating and facilitating projects and programs; (3) developing educational and outreach opportunities; (4) addressing food access through food policy; and (5) general outreach to various community stakeholders to create, maintain, and strengthen mutually beneficial relationships that build a strong local food culture.

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