Apply to join our Buffalo Bypass steering committee - deadline Octo!ber 26 The white supremacist attack at Tops Market on Jefferson, which took the lives of 10 beloved community members and permanently changed the lives of thousands more, was an act of hatred enabled by food apartheid that has long plagued Buffalo’s east side communities. … Continue reading Join Us in Building a Food System That Serves Buffalo’s East Side
Food for the Spirit hosted a two-day gathering in Buffalo on March 22-23, launching the Buffalo Bypass Network with 48 food justice advocates, including QTBIPOC growers. The initiative aims to enhance food access, sustainability, and community collaboration. Participants shared resources and explored collective ownership models to strengthen regional food systems and empower communities.
BFEN Director, Nnenna Ferguson, discussed Food for the Spirit and BFEN's Farm to School initiatives at the NY Health Foundation's conference on transforming food systems. Panelists talked about how institutions address food quality issues.
In September, the Buffalo Food Equity Network (BFEN) Policy Innovation Lab hosted representatives from four communities for co-learning and storytelling about Black-led food systems. The Lab is funded by Race Forward and includes groups from Buffalo, Albuquerque, Philadelphia, and Atlanta with the aim of supporting leadership of Black and brown communities in shaping climate justice policies.