Our Four Pillars
Education
Our Cooking Matters program provides essential nutrition education and practical cooking skills, empowering people to prevent diet-related illness and confidently prepare healthy meals at home on a budget.
Affordability
Our commitment to offering affordable options in our Café, Indoor Farmers Market, and Mobile Market, in partnership with Wholesome Wave Georgia Fresh for Less, ensures everyone can access nourishing food without financial strain. Friends using SNAP/EBT dollars get double the value, making healthy food even more affordable.
Economics
The Food Mill strengthens the local food system by supporting regional farmers and retailers through our market and empowering North Highland neighbors to rebuild their lives through good jobs in our café, in partnership with Truth Spring Trade School. By proudly accepting SNAP/EBT and doubling customers’ value for fresh produce with Wholesome Wave Georgia, we stretch household food budgets and keep those dollars local, fueling our community’s farms, families, and future.
Access
By bringing fresh produce directly to communities through our Mobile Farmers Market, we ensure that nutritious options are accessible to all, even in food deserts.
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Food is love. Food is hope. Food is medicine.
We’re More Than Just a Cafe.
We believe everyone deserves access to affordable, nutritious food as a basic human right. That’s why we are dedicated to addressing barriers to nutrition security, recognizing the significant impact that a lack of healthy food has on education, mental and physical health, and employment. Our approach is grounded in innovative, cross-sector collaboration, driving sustainable, long-lasting impact through proven outcomes.
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Food is Medicine
Mobile Market
Our Mobile Market brings fresh, affordable produce directly to communities where access is limited. By meeting people where they are, at schools, clinics, and partner sites, we help remove transportation and cost as barriers to healthy eating. The Food Mill proudly accepts SNAP/EBT on all produce and ready-made items, and thanks to our partnership with Wholesome Wave Georgia, we double the value of SNAP benefits specifically for fresh fruits and vegetables. Not only does this stretch household food budgets, it also keeps SNAP dollars local, supporting the regional farmers who supply our market and helping to strengthen our community food system.
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Cooking Matters
Our Cooking Matters courses empower individuals and families with the knowledge and skills to make healthy, affordable food choices. Our courses, provide hands-on cooking instruction, nutrition education, and budgeting skills to help.
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Shared Kitchen
Designed to support small, food-based businesses, the kitchen offers resources, mentorship, and hands-on opportunities to refine business strategies and navigate the logistics of the culinary industry. Aligned with our mission to create economic opportunity, this space will empower local entrepreneurs to grow and thrive.
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Culinary Training
Our café and market on Second Avenue make fresh, health-focused food more accessible in our community, accepting SNAP/EBT and doubling SNAP benefits on produce through Wholesome Wave Georgia. Beyond nourishing meals and local goods, we create opportunity through hands-on culinary training with partners like Truth Spring Trade School and Jordan High School. It's a space where food fuels both wellness and workforce development.
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Where Food Is Missing
Food deserts are more than blank spots on a map, they’re predictors of health outcomes, opportunity, and inequality. See where the gaps are and how we’re responding.
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Support
Nourish our Community. Donate Today.
You are the best part of this community. You are the reason we’re able to move toward a community that’s different. One where everyone has access to life changing food. One where everyone can access and afford food that’s local, nutritional and nourishing. Thank you for coming alongside of us and joining this food movement with us. It matters and truly makes a difference.
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Cooking Matters Graduates in 2024
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Participants in 6 food demos, hands-on experiences that introduced healthy recipes and encouraged confidence in the kitchen.
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Of fresh, local produce distributed through our Mobile Market in 2024 alone
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In discounts, including $4,600 in SNAP/EBT discounts in 2024
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The Food Mill, Inc. is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization. Your contribution is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by the IRS. EIN 82-2615530
Cafe and Market
Monday: 7:30 - 3PM
Tuesday - Friday 7:30am - 6pm.
info@thefoodmill.org
(706)-330-3972
Cafe Address:3718 2nd Avenue
Columbus, GA 31904
Columbus, GA 31904
Office Address:3707 2nd Avenue
Suite 201
Columbus, GA 31904
Suite 201
Columbus, GA 31904
P.O. Box 65, Columbus, GA 31902
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