by Ellen Pitstick | May 22, 2023 | Announcements, Reflections
During the 2022-2023 academic year, SOFSA’s Evaluation Intern, Ellen Pitstick, developed a plan to evaluate SOFSA and its impact. Evaluating a food council like SOFSA is important because it allows members and leaders to understand how the network operates, how...
by Maura Ackerman | May 9, 2023 | Announcements
Beginning in fall 2023, SOFSA and our partners will begin a community-driven participatory grantmaking process to support small-scale food justice projects across the city of Syracuse, Onondaga County, and Onondaga Nation. What is Participatory Grantmaking?...
by Alexander Warshal | Apr 6, 2023 | Announcements
Please welcome Camryn Corbett (she/her/hers), our new Special Projects Intern! Camryn has been with the organization since the beginning of February. A Syracuse-area native, Camryn hails from Camillus and is an undergraduate senior at Syracuse University, studying...
by Camryn Corbett | Mar 30, 2023 | Announcements
It is our delight to introduce Alexander Warshal (he/him/his), SOFSA’s new Food Systems Project Coordinator! As Food Systems Project Coordinator, Alexander will focus on topics such as food rescue, farm-to-institution, farmer engagement, and urban agriculture. He is...
by Avalon Gupta VerWiebe | Jan 26, 2023 | Announcements
We are excited to announce that SOFSA has released a Request for Proposals for our 2023 Community Listening Sessions. These Community Listening sessions were piloted last summer in partnership with longtime SOFSA partner organizations, and we are thrilled to continue...
by Avalon Gupta VerWiebe | Jan 12, 2023 | Announcements
The time is here for the 2023 Advisory Board elections. We have three new candidates up for election, as well as one current Advisory Board member up for re-election. Elections are taking place at the SOFSA Open Meeting on Thursday, January 19th. See below for...
