EAT South educates about, gathers people around, and grows good food. We empower people to change the way food travels from the ground to our plates.

Proud to be a part of Alabama's sustainable agriculture tradition rooted in the work of George Washington Carver and Booker T. Whatley, we envision a food system where people can access fresh food from farmers, grow and prepare their own food, and are healthy as a result. We believe that a thriving local food system includes: healthy soil, air and water, profitable farms and other food-related businesses, access to seasonal produce, access to information about growing and preparing your own food, a healthier community, access to land, capital and resources by people previously excluded from food and farming systems.

For twelve years, E.A.T. South was a city park, an outdoor classroom and a source for locally grown fruits and vegetables. Extensive soil contamination led to us closing the farm in 2024.

We continue supporting Montgomery’s gardens and gardeners through workshops, community composting, and special events and classes. We are grateful for our community partners who provide us with spaces to teach and grow.

Look for our programs at a garden or community center near you. Check out our calendar for upcoming activities. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

All photos are from 2025 programs.

Top Left: Dye workshop participants hang up fabric they dyed under the muscadine arbor at Old Alabama Town.

Middle Left: Jeremy from Bailed It! (a nonprofit that educates about straw bale gardening and healthy living) explains straw bale gardening in Alabama State University’s Teaching Garden.

Bottom Left: Building a solar powered forced air compost system at the Tuskegee Urban Agriculture Innovation Center (TUIAC).

Below: AARP tomato workshop in the Alabama Herb Society’s garden at the Crump Senior Center.