The day-to-day business of Grow Alabama is to serve as a hub for community-supported agriculture. The organization connects produce customers to more than 50 Alabama farmers. The state's new immigration law caused a crisis in farm labor just as crops are set to harvest. So for the time being, Grow Alabama broadens its mission by connecting workers with farmers before fields rot and livelihoods are laid to waste. The first week of October, Grow Alabama helped a tomato farmer near Steele. This week, a sweet potato farmer will be helped with his harvest.
Here's a little about the driving force behind Grow Alabama:
Grow Alabama is the dream of one man, and the chance for everyone to preserve a vital way of life. Jerry Spencer saw Grow Alabama as a way to give our community a direct connection to the family farms of Alabama. Members not only buy more nutritious, flavorful food, they keep money from leaving the State, and a rich tradition from vanishing forever. Starting as Mt Laurel Organic Gardens in 1998, Grow Alabama is now the country’s first statewide multi-farm community supported agriculture program, with the best Alabama has to offer.Click here to find out about becoming a customer or here to learn more about Community-Supported Agriculture.
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