about
Go Buffalo. Go Green.
Providing programming and training to under-served populations in WesternNew York. We create leaders in the Green Industry and Agriculture by engaging individuals, students and families in their own neighborhoods to develop healthy and sustainable programs so they can live healthy successful lives.
Allison DeHonney
Turning Interest Into Action
It’s one thing to grow your own food but Allison saw disparity her community and mustered into her service, developing Buffalo Go Green, Inc (BGG), a 501c3 nonprofit organization now preparing the pathway to nutritional success for under-served individuals and families in the East Side of Buffalo, NY with an average poverty rate of 39%. Allison set off with the social entrepreneurial spirit to fight food deserts and the effects caused by them through the creation of Buffalo Go Green.
Allison holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Business Management and is a graduate of the Certified Plant Based Chef & Culinary Rx. Rouxbe Cooking School. She was chosen to be a presenter at the 2016 Common Bound Annual Conference, presenting “Urban Gardens: Growing Health, Wellness and Justice in Diverse Communities.” Further, Ms. DeHonney was elected Chairperson of the Erie County Food Policy Council.
While the Board of Directors steers the organization towards a sustainable future by adopting sound, ethical, and legal governance and financial management policies, as well as by making sure the nonprofit has adequate resources to advance its mission, Ms. DeHonney provides her expertise in guiding the organization’s goals and programs assisted by an Administrator in-office.
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Why We Do What We Do
Food deserts are substantial on Buffalo’s East Side. Defined as areas without grocery stores, farmers markets, or other fresh food providers within a mile radius, food deserts contribute to the health issues that are abundant in Buffalo’s East Side. Diabetes, hypertension, obesity and other health related issues that can be tied to food for prevention and/or mitigation waylay the full spectrum of redevelopment for this community.
Buffalo Go Green (BGG) sells at local farmers markets weekly from June to October; has a corporate wellness division where it embeds its services into local companies and universities; and programming for elementary and high school students where it teaches nutrition education and farming. But, it doesn’t stop at growing and selling fresh produce. No, the many facets of BGG’s programming work together to assure success.
With our new site on Zenner Street by East Ferry, Buffalo Go Green will operate five 72’ x 24’ greenhouses along with hydroponic vertical growing container to keep the harvests going 12 months of the year.