by Steve Ali | Jul 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Saturday of the Urban Garden Tour was a perfect summer day in Syracuse, NY. The sun shone through clear skies, and the day begged for laughter, for curiosity, for being outdoors. Syracuse-Onondaga residents took up the day’s call and turned out to tour 13...
by Steve Ali | Jul 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
In May of 2024, SOFSA Director Maura Ackerman wrote directly to Chancellor Kent Syverud to express SOFSA’s support of Syracuse University’s food service, library and facilities workers, who have been organizing to improve their working conditions and pay...
by Steve Ali | Dec 1, 2021 | Announcements
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...
by Steve Ali | Aug 31, 2021 | Announcements
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...
by Steve Ali | Jul 23, 2021 | Events
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...
