Bobby Jones joined Shareable as Development Director in October 2022 after spending the previous four years as a fundraising consultant and the first Director of Development at the William S. Davies Homeless Shelters in Rome, GA. While at the Davies Shelters, Bobby helped secure the organization’s first three government grants while doubling individual giving. He also helped launch a farm and food program that employs shelter guests to grow food to be sold in a sliding-scale mobile farmers market. Before joining the nonprofit sector, Bobby and his wife owned and operated an organic vegetable farm in middle Georgia for nearly 8 years, where they launched a Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) program, community farmers market, farmer advocacy group, and a farmer’s cooperative. Bobby holds a BA in Liberal Studies with a minor in Nonprofit Management from Georgia College and an MS in Nonprofit Administration from Louisiana State University-Shreveport. He moved back to his hometown of Rome, GA in 2018, where he loves biking around town, being active in all the community things, slowly turning his front lawn into one large garden, and camping and hiking in the northwest Georgia mountains with his wife, Chelsea, and son, Tripp.
The transformative power of Urban Recipe’s Atlanta food co-op model
Members don’t just receive food; they gain a voice, a role, and a support network that extends far beyond the distribution line. This approach challenges the traditional food charity model and offers a blueprint for building stronger, more resilient communities grounded in cooperation and shared responsibility.
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