Massachusetts Avenue Project (MAP)

271 Grant St. Buffalo, New York 14213 Phone (716) 882-5327 Fax (716) 882-5338

"Building the local community through food, urban farming and entrepreneurship"

 
   
:: Buffalo Grown Partners
Buffalo Grown brings together partners from all sectors of the food systems including farmers, businesses, youth, elders, schools, the University at Buffalo and social service organizations.  MAP works with the following partners on this project.  As public awareness grows we hope to attract other partners and expand to serve more sites on the West and East sides of Buffalo.

Oles Family Farm and Promised Land CSA- (Alden, NY) - Daniel and Jane Oles have been supporters of the Mobile Market from the beginning.  They donate two Community Supported Agriculture(CSA) shares each week and donate extra shares and produce from their farm to the Mobile Market.

Singer Farms - (Appleton, NY) -Located along the shores of Lake Ontario, Singer Farms donates fresh fruit to the Mobile Market. 

Dr. Samina Raja, Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University at Buffalo- Dr. Raja coordinates and oversees evaluation of this project.  Dr. Raja has worked with MAP programs for several years and oversaw the authorship of the national award-winning report Food For Growth, a Community Food System Plan for Buffalo's West Side.

Santa Maria Towers (SMT)- A senior housing development on Buffalo's West Side, residents cook all of their own meals but have limited access to grocery stores.  Growing Green youth piloted a successful on-site market during the summer of 2005.  SMT is a market stop once a week.

Jericho Road - Journey's End Refugee Services - A social services agency that works with low income and refugee residents of the West side.  The Mobile Market visits this site on Tuesdays and sells to West side residents and refugees from Southeast Asia and Africa including Burma and Somalia.

Buffalo Grown Farm to School - MM collaborates with high schools within the Farm to School network- a coordinated initiative to increase assess to fresh, affordable food to students and their families. 

Rich Products- Rich Products has donated a space in their secured lot to store the Mobile Market. 

 

 

The Buffalo Grown Mobile Marketplace, an economic development project of the Massachusetts Avenue Project, brings organic, locally-grown, affordable produce, diverse locally-made food products, education and resources to Buffalo's low-income neighborhoods and beyond.

A Ton of Food!

The Mobile Market:

  • Partners with local farmers and community partner sites
  • Travels to our partner sites on a weekly basis bringing  healthy foods to residents 
  • Sold approximately 2,000 pounds of local, organic foods to residents on the West side in 2009 

Trickle Up Economics!

Buffalo Grown is a unique and accessible venue for providing information, education and resources about nutrition, home and community gardening  at community partner sites, city-wide cultural events and festivals.  The Mobile Market helps improve our food system and access to healthy options in food insecure neighborhoods.  This project links Buffalo with a national movement creating community food systems, promoting local economic development, and increasing food access from the ground up.

Contact Laura, Mobile Market Coordinator, at 716-882-5327, ext. 6 for more information.