EPISODE 7: Buffalo's Food Desert – Highlighting Ongoing Collaborative Work
HOST: Daysi Ball, BFNC Director Hope Center Economic Impact Programs & Support Services and Senior Services
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A focus on Buffalo's Eastside Food Desert has become elevated since the Mass Shooting in May at the TOPS Market on Buffalo's Eastside.
We will discuss the collaborative work that has been ongoing in Buffalo to provide access to healthy food.
As we look forward to the warmth of summer, we think of tasty menu items that include eating fresh vegetables and fruits as part of our self-care. The BFNC has been focused on filling the access to fresh food for several years by collaborating with community organizations to provide healthy food choices for the communities they serve and is now creating a community garden at the Fruit Belt Neighborhood House.
We will discuss today, work that has been ongoing in Buffalo to provide access to healthy food.
GUESTS: Allison Dehonney, Founder and Owner of ​Urban Fruits & Veggies
Rev. Art Hall, Founder of Groceries to Seniors and Pastor of the Journey Church (Buffalo, NY)
About Allison Dehonney
Allison current food organizations include Urban Fruits & Veggies LLC. & Buffalo Go Green Inc. Urban Fruits & Veggies (UFV) is involved in several projects throughout the city of Buffalo and Erie County. UFV consists of an urban farm, mobile produce market that services food apartheid areas and underserved communities bringing access to healthy fruits & vegetables and nutrition education. UFV sells at local farmers markets weekly from June to October, has a corporate wellness division that offer services to local companies and partner with organizations on wellness initiatives, and offer programming for elementary and high school students where nutrition education and urban farming are taught.
Pastor Art Hall, The Journey Church of Buffalo
COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS are powerful! GROCERIES TO SENIORS is a collaboration that include Buffalo Federation of Neighborhood Centers, The Journey Church of Buffalo, Urban Fruits and Veggies and very generous local restaurants that donate hot meals.
The pandemic created great needs. Pastor Art at The Journeys Church saw a need to make sure Buffalo seniors were not forgotten during the pandemic. He reached out to community partners including BFNC to create “Groceries to Seniors”. Every 4th Saturday fresh vegetables, can goods, cooking items and a hot meal are delivered by volunteers to seniors.

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