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...
by Steve Ali | Jul 16, 2021 | In the News
On July 15th, 2021, SOFSA unveiled the long-awaited FoodPlanCNY alongside two partners: the Onondaga County Agriculture Council and the Syracuse-Onondaga County Planning Agency. The event took place at the Central New York Regional Market, and featured speakers Mayor...
by Steve Ali | May 14, 2021 | Events, Reflections
A few weeks ago, SOFSA hosted a planting day at Kirk Park along with our friends at Onondaga Earth Corps. It was called a memorial, but really, it was a service day with an aching heart; we were there to remember our friend Evan Weissman, who passed away last April,...
by Steve Ali | Feb 25, 2021 | Events
On February 11th, SOFSA hosted its first Food Policy Coffee Hour with elected representatives, bringing folks from local and state government together with others across our food system for informal conversations on regional food policy, and how to improve it. We were...
by Steve Ali | Jan 26, 2021 | Featured Speaker Series
At SOFSA’s first General Meeting of the New Year, we had the opportunity to hear from Jessi Lyons (Farm Coordinator at Brady Farm and SOFSA Advisory Board Member) and Larkin Podsiedlik (MS, MPH) about the Brady Market, a new initiative at the Brady Faith Center...
