About

Groundwork Market Garden was established in April 2015 by Buffalo natives Mayda Pozantides and Anders Gunnersen.

MEET THE TEAM

MAYDA POZANTIDES

HEAD FARMER
Mayda's passion for farming began when she asked herself how she might create positive change within her community. She quickly realized that food was something that could break down the barriers of social constructs and improve upon the lives of people from all walks of life. Mayda loves to transform a space and make things grow, and she knows that it all begins with healthy soil. Her belief is that healthy soils produce nutritious plants which provide the fuel for people to create healthy communities. Before farming, she worked as a teacher and continues to educate through the garden.

ANDERS GUNNERSEN

SYSTEMS BUILDER
Anders has always had a knack for building and growing. He started in his own backyard building chicken coops and raised beds and worked as Technician with the USDA for 8 years. Not only is he great on all our construction projects, he has a way of seeing a problem and creating simple solutions to solve it. He is the one that's always making sure that things are running smoothly, whether that be finding a better way of completing a task, or inventing and building a new tool to get it done. With a talent for all things business and finance, Anders rounds out the Groundwork team.

Our Methods

Everything we grow on our two acre farm is USDA Certified Organic. In short, that means we use no harmful pesticides, herbicides, chemical fertilizers, or GMO seeds in our production. To dive deeper into USDA organic certification and what that means, you can start here. We pride ourselves on the quality of our product and we achieve this through hard work and attention to detail. We plant and weed all our crops by hand which means we interact with our plants regularly. We rotate our crops and rely on observation and planning to get ahead of pest and disease issues. It is essential to us that we produce the most nutritious fruits and veggies for the benefit of our farmers and our community. That's why we're constantly improving upon our soil and feeding it the nutrients it needs to produce the healthiest plants.

What We Produce

We grow over 50 different varieties of vegetables, and some small fruit, in accordance with the seasons. Early spring lettuces, greens, and sweet peas give way to summer's heat loving tomatos, peppers, cukes, and eggplant. In the fall, we enjoy root veggies, hearty greens, and cabbages. We love to mix up the classics that everyone knows and loves with an exciting variety of crops that might not be as familiar. As they say, variety is the spice of life- and on our farm, we like to spice it up! For a complete list of everything we will grow this season, click below.

Crops 2019