Fresh Produce And For One Sweet Auburn Block, A Fresh Start

Beyond the label with country or state of origin, do you know where your food comes from?

Or how far it has to travel on average to get to your table?

If you don't , you've plenty of company.

K. Rashid Nuri, a Harvard-trained agriculture specialist and founder of Truly Living Well, which grows and sells fresh produce in different parts of metro Atlanta, aims to change that.

And he and his team of urban farmers hope to teach that, one lot at a time.

Last year, the East Point-based group established the , opening a four-acre farm at the corner of Old Wheat and Hilliard streets.

Where the demolished remnants of a housing development once stood, fields of greens, flowers and grapevines — all bursting with life — now grew.

Fresh produce, knowing where your food comes from and having access to it, particularly in an urban center, is very important, Nuri says.

It's a point he reiterated Sunday, where folks from around the metro area came to the Wheat Street Garden to celebrate its success and sample some gastronomic magic made by the cooks at some of Atlanta's most beloved eateries using the bounty from the garden.

Nuri took a few moments Sunday to explain his fresh produce philosophy to East Atlanta Patch.

That interview is presented in the accompanying video of photographs from Sunday's celebration