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Self-Taught Buffalo Farmer Works Hard for Her Community

She was integral in helping to create a customer insurance document called the Greater Buffalo Urban Growers Pledge.

By Katherine Chloé
Spectrum News
Sept 09, 2020

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In Buffalo, Mayda Pozantides, a self-taught female farmer, works up to 12 hours a day, seven days a week.

“I wake up every morning and work hard, because I feel like what I’m doing is important for my community and the planet,” says Pozantides, Groundwork Market Garden owner.

Pozantides spends her days planting, weeding, and harvesting. Despite all of the work, becoming a farmer is something that Pozantides has never regretted.

“My interest with farming really started with books I was reading and I decided to work as an apprentice on a farm outside of Albany,” adds Pozantides.

From there, she became head farmer at Groundwork and this year, was integral in helping to create a customer insurance document called the Greater Buffalo Urban Growers Pledge. Through this, farmers, experts from Cornell Cooperative Extension, and Buffalo and Erie Food Policy Council have worked together to outline steps to ensure that their soil, workers, and consumers stay safe.

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