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When Urban Recipe started in 1991, founder Chad Hale knew he wasn’t trying to start a food pantry. While pantries are vital to serving families in emergency situations, he envisioned a model that would be able to provide not only regular food support, but also packaged in a way that is collaborative, community-driven, and sustainable. …

We are proud to share that after participating in the Cooperative Pathway Program (CPP) offered by our partner Urban Recipe, Focused Community Strategies will now be the owner and operator of two food co-ops in South Atlanta. The long-standing food co-op in South Atlanta will continue, and we are proud to be growing an additional…

Co-op 1 holds its bi-weekly meeting. Photo credit: Bobby Jones

Credit: Prince Williams/WireImageQuavo Cares, a foundation of Atlanta rapper Quavo, launched a pre-Thanksgiving farmers market for families in the area on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. Credit- Prince Williams/WireImage By DeAsia PaigeNov 21, 2023The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Quavo Cares, the rapper’s foundation, launched Huncho Farms On Monday, Quavo launched a pre-Thanksgiving farmers market for families in the…

It’s with pleasure that we share this latest bit of news with you. Atlanta photographer, Kate Byars, just raised $15,000 in donations for us! Kate volunteered at the beginning of quarantine to photograph families on their front porches in exchange for a donation to Urban Recipe. Kate left the donation amount up to the individual families and…

We are pleased to share that Urban Recipe has acquired a new, permanent location! We want to send a special thanks to Bill Bolling, founder of the Atlanta Community Food Bank, Board Chair for Food Well Alliance, and longtime supporter of Urban Recipe, for helping us find a space that positions us to expand our impact…

Wondering where our fresh veggies come from? One of our partners fro produce is the Paideia School Urban Agriculture program, which in turn is a partner with the Grassroots Growers Alliance, a collection of small, non-profit, urban farmlets and farmers who grow food in small plots of land throughout the city. Together, these farms grew…

We are so grateful and excited for the opportunity given to us by Woodward to occupy the middle school cafeteria this summer. It has allowed us to expand productions, as needed, to respond to the pandemic. We have been busy bees, boxing and delivering.  Urban Recipe families receive a bi-weekly drop of 65 – 75…