SOFSA Blog
SOFSA Site Visit: Hudson Egg Farms
"Welcome to the Eggs-perience" On Friday, December 10th, SOFSA Advisory Board member Christina Hudson Kohler led a site visit of her fourth-generation, family-owned egg farm in Elbridge, NY, Hudson Egg Farms. Beyond her awesome work for SOFSA, Christina is the Egg...
Meet Avalon Gupta VerWiebe
Please give a warm welcome to Avalon Gupta VerWiebe (she/they), our recently hired Equity, Inclusion, and Accountability organizer! Avalon has been with the organizer since starting their practicum in January and has taken on several other roles in the organization...
October 2021 Featured Speaker: Johan Matthews
"Lessons from Cooperative Business Models: Opportunities for Food Systems" Cooperative enterprises have been shown to have a positive track record for productivity levels, profits, staff turnover, reduction of closures, saving jobs, workers financial health, and...
SOFSA Site Visit: Food Bank of Central New York
On October 8th, 2021 SOFSA staff and board were invited to tour the Food Bank of Central New York (CNY) and get a glimpse into how the food bank receives, organizes, and distributes food to communities in the CNY region. The tour was hosted by Jesse Evin Kerns,...
In the news: “Farms working with Syracuse school district to provide students with locally grown healthy food.”
On October 28th, SOFSA joined Brady Farm, the Syracuse University Community Geography department and Farm to Fork 101 — as well as several classes of awesome third and fourth graders — at McKinley Brighton elementary school. This event kicked off an exciting new...
Press Release: Farm to School Kickoff Event
Syracuse City School District and Brady Farm to Celebrate Fresh, Healthy Foods with Farm to School Kickoff Event SYRACUSE, NY | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/25/2021 The Syracuse City School District, in partnership with Brady Faith Center, Syracuse University, andthe...
2021 Candidate Policy Positions
Raising critical issues facing our community with policy-makers is core to SOFSA's mission. We sought to reach all candidates for Syracuse Mayor, Syracuse Common Council, and the Onondaga County Legislature in the November 2021 General Election. Those candidates with...
Meet Paige Clay
Please join us in welcoming the newest addition to the SOFSA community, Paige Clay! We are lucky to have Paige for the next six months as the SOFSA Emerson Hunger Fellow. Coming to snowy Syracuse from snowy Denver, Paige is excited to get to know the Syracuse-Onondaga...
Meet Maura Ackerman
Today, we're re-introducing you to the woman who keeps SOFSA running, Maura Ackerman, SOFSA’s Facilitator! Maura and her family moved to Syracuse about three years ago, after her husband Aidan was offered a position on the faculty at SUNY-ESF. On their first visit...
FoodPlanCNY Launch Event: Filling Up Our Table
Last Thursday was a big day for SOFSA and, more broadly, for the food system in all of Onondaga County. We worked with the Onondaga County Agriculture Council and the CNY Regional Market Authority on a major event, hosted our first large-scale in-person convening of...