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Allison DeHonney
​Urban Fruits & Veggies
CEO

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​Allison has 20 years of professional service in key areas of Executive leadership, Project Management and Business Development. Allison has spearheaded four business endeavors; the latest of which is Urban Fruits & Veggies LLC. & Buffalo Go Green Inc. which is a non-profit organization. Urban Fruits & Veggies (UFV) has been in operation for five years and is involved in several projects throughout the city of Buffalo and Erie County. UFV has 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 where they imbed their services into local companies and partner with organizations on wellness initiatives,  and offer programming for elementary and high school students where we teach nutrition education and urban farming.
  • Elected Chair of the Buffalo & Erie County Food Policy Council in January 2019
  • On the board of the Erie County Farm Bureau
  • Member of the Pilot Community of Black Farmer Fund
  • Member of Black Farms United NY State
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​A non-profit organization of Southern Tier West Regional Planning and Development Board

For more information about this project and how you can be involved, contact:
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New York Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
Kimberly LaMendola, Food System Projects Manager 
4039 Route 219, Suite 200, Salamanca NY 14779
716-945-5301 ext. 2211
klamendola@southerntierwest.org
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Western New York Foundation

2495 Main Street, Suite 464, Buffalo NY 14214
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Beth Kinsman Gosch, Executive Director
bgosch@wnyfoundation.org

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Lauren VanOsten, Program Officer

Lvanosten@wnyfoundation.org
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