Love is love cooperative farm will increase access to certified organic transplants and meet the demand of local certified and practicing organic farmers local nonprofits supporting community…

Love is love cooperative farm will increase access to certified organic transplants and meet the demand of local certified and practicing organic farmers local nonprofits supporting community gardens and urban farms and educational nonprofits serving the metro atlanta area. Certifiedorganic transplants are essential to maximizing vegetable production and overall profitability for organic vegetable producers. The closest regional supplier is 250 miles away and has become inconsistent after being purchased by a national company. Many farmers in the region decreased or limited their production due to the uncertainty this caused. Increasing processing to meet the growing demand from regional organic producers means purchasing potfilling mediamixing and other propagation tools that will increase love is loves capacity to produce and deliver certified organic transplants. In addition IT will also increase materialhandling capacity while decreasing costs and production variables to ensure a consistent and sustainable product for the organic vegetable farmers in the region. This equipment allows love is love to expand and secure its capacity to produce organic transplant so that the local farmers educators and nonprofits can focus on what they do best growing educating and supporting local organic food.