by Camryn Corbett | Mar 17, 2025 | Food Policy, In the News, Successes & Celebrations
SOFSA director, Maura Ackerman, attended the Governor’s State of the State press conference in Long Island on January 10th. On January 10th, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that universal free school meals will be included in the FY2026 executive budget. If the State...
by Micah Orieta | Jul 29, 2024 | Food Policy, In the News
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 Alexander Warshal | Feb 12, 2024 | In the News
Spectrum News 1 highlighted the collaborative work of Seven Valleys Health Coalition, SOFSA’s Onondaga Food Rescue Network (OFRN) pilot project, and local pantry partners. Modeled off of Seven Valley Health Coalition’s successful food rescue project, OFRN seeks...
by Avalon Gupta VerWiebe | Jan 24, 2024 | In the News
SOFSA is proud to work in partnership with Food Access Healthy Neighborhoods Now! (FAHNN), a grassroots organization working to bring food access to Syracuse’s Southside/Valley neighborhoods. The neighborhood is one of the most low-income, low-access...
by Alexander Warshal | Jan 19, 2024 | In the News
With over 45,000 people currently facing food insecurity in the greater Syracuse-Onondaga area, concern is growing around food access as the area expects to see a population increase with Micron’s announcement to build the largest semiconductor plant in the...
by Avalon Gupta VerWiebe | Nov 22, 2023 | In the News
Over the past year, SOFSA had the privilege of co-hosting an Americorps VISTA in partnership with Field & Fork Network. Our VISTA, Chloe Cabrera, focused her energy on increasing sign-ups for the Double Up Food Bucks program in Syracuse, and expanding the program...
