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Our MissionMAP nurtures the growth of a diverse and equitable community food system to promote local economic opportunities, access to affordable and nutritious food, and social-change education.
MAP is supported by public & private foundations as well as people like you. Please consider making a tax deductible donation. Your contribution will make an immediate impact on youth & communities in and around Buffalo NY.
Are you looking for a way to support youth development and urban agriculture work in Buffalo? Please consider adopting a garden bed for the growing season. We are seeking adopters now- individuals, families, groups of friends, businesses, nonprofit groups, block clubs and school groups. No work is required on your part, we will care for the garden bed for you and make sure that the produce grown in your bed goes to good use. You will receive updates on your garden bed throughout the season written by Growing Green's Youth employees. Click here for more information Key MAP SupportersMAP would like to thank our generous financial supporters: Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Peter Cornell Trust, General Mills Foundation, M&T Bank, Peter & Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation, East Hill Foundation, ACE Bakery, Key Bank, HSBC Bank, First Niagara Bank, The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc., Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Councilmember David Rivera, the City of Buffalo and Erie County Youth Services as well as many individual donors.
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Join us for the Spring Urban Agriculture Training- March 09-11th, 2012 |
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The
Massachusetts Avenue Project’s Urban
Agriculture Training features many practical,
philosophical, and experiential opportunities to learn from
MAP’s success with urban agriculture and youth development
food security work.
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Contact Erin Sharkey @ 716.882.5327 ext 4 or sharkey@mass-ave.org with any questions.
MAP at a Glance
The Massachusetts Avenue Project proudly hosts the Growing Green Program, a youth development and urban agriculture program about increasing healthy food access and improving our communities. Our program and policy work is all about making our food system more local and inclusive. We focus on employing youth to work in the areas of:
- Urban Farming and Aqua-ponics
- Healthy Eating & Accessing fresh local food,
- Supporting local farms and businesses
- Sustainable food production and
- Social Enterprise.
Growing Green's current projects include a seasonal urban farm, a youth-run enterprise, a farm to school initiative, a mobile market and various community educational events and workshops. Check out the Growing Green Youth Blog
Our offices are located at 271 Grant Street (the former Northwest Library) in the Grant St. Neighborhood Center, with PUSH Buffalo. Our Urban Farm is located at 389 Massachusetts Avenue & features Buffalo's first straw-bale greenhouse, a 1000-gallon rain water catchment system, & Buffalo's first local aqua-ponics system. We provide on-site demonstrations and workshops by appointment. Farm Tours Every Saturday 11am from April-October. Suggested Donation $2/person.
Aquaponics at MAP
MAP's newest social enterprise, MAP Aquaponics is here! Providing fresh local fish and vegetables to local residents and restaurants, MAP is helping to provide sustainable food sources to our local food system.
Click here to see Farm Manager Jesse Meeder explain how our aqua-ponics works
Addressing Food Security One Neighborhood at a time.
From June - October the Mobile Market sells seasonal, local produce at different community sites around the city. Please see the Mobile Market page to find out which of our locations is near you! Click here