Attention Buffalo Youth! Jobs for the Summer
We’re hiring! If you want to join the Growing Green team this summer- work hard, play hard, learn things about the world and yourself, grow some food, help run a business, meet some chickens, get a tan, get out of your house, get a paycheck, change the world, meet new people, explore some future career opportunities, and add some thing to you ...
SPRING has SPRUNG!
How quickly we come back to life. Despite a wondrously warm winter, the darkness seems to test our patience, having everything grow slow. With appreciation for natural light, we begin again. This year at MAP, we’re excited to grow over 70 varieties of vegetables. Where will they all go you ask? Let me tell you… We have a new Mobile ...
Growing Green Youth Enterprise Spring Events
Check out Growing Green’s Youth Enterprise products again this Easter at the Broadway Market! We will be all over town, so look for us in your neighborhood soon! Growing Green at the Broadway Market for Easter April 7th, 8th 9am-4pm 999 Broadway Ave. MAP Presentation at The Birchfield Penny April 13th, 530pm-730pm Growing Green MAP present ...
A Farm Bill for Healthy Fresh Food and Good Jobs
MAP Staff, Zoe Hollomon, Speaks at Senate Congressional Briefing on the Farm Bill 3/26/12 I am the Enterprise Director at the Massachusetts Avenue Project (MAP) www.mass-ave.org and Growing Green Program in Buffalo, NY. I work with local youth to increase access to fresh affordable food and build a more equitable and sustainable food system ...
Youth Training Director Position Opening
Full-time Position opening: Growing Green Youth Training Director Who we are: Through our Growing Green Program, the Massachusetts Avenue Project (MAP) is working to change the food system of Buffalo, NY by creating a sustainable and economically viable model of urban agriculture, creating economic opportunities for young people in the local food ...
Dining Out for MAP
If you love good food and good work, Dine Out for MAP is here!! Join MAP staff May 7th at 11:30am at ECC City Campus 121 Ellicott St. Rm 203 for a gourmet feast prepared by Culinary Experts at Erie County Community College and help raise funds to support Buffalo’s oldest urban farm. Featured on the menu will be fresh fish from MAP’s urban fa ...
MAP receives support from RICH Products
Rich Products continues to support MAP’s Growing Green Program, providing funding in the amount of $7,500 from their Dream Catcher Foundation and Green Sustainability Fund to support youth training and employment at our urban farm. In addition to funding, they provide secure parking for our Mobile Market vehicle, food scraps for our compost ...
