by Avalon Gupta VerWiebe | Mar 22, 2023 | In the News
The Valley Plaza Winter Market was recently featured in the news as a project that is currently addressing food access issues in the Southside of Syracuse. SOFSA partners Brady Farm and Food Access Healthy Neighborhoods Now! (FAHNN) have been instrumental in the...
by Avalon Gupta VerWiebe | Mar 15, 2023 | In the News
SOFSA was recently mentioned in an article published by Spectrum New 1 on March 13th, 2023 in their ongoing coverage of the Downtown Farmers Market expansion plans . The article highlights the $41,400 awarded to the Market from New York Ag and Markets to boost...
by Avalon Gupta VerWiebe | Mar 14, 2023 | In the News
The Syracuse Downtown Farmers Market was recently awarded $41,400 in grant funding from New York Agriculture and Markets. This funding will be used to tell farmer stories, as well as for other activities in partnership with SOFSA and the CNY Regional Market. The...
by Avalon Gupta VerWiebe | Mar 9, 2023 | In the News
SOFSA’s Director, Maura Ackerman, was recently interviewed in an article highlighting the end to the Emergency Allotment program that added an additional $90 per month to households receiving SNAP benefits. The article talks with several local experts who...
by Avalon Gupta VerWiebe | Feb 3, 2023 | In the News
On Thursday, January 19th, 2023, an award for $150,000 from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation as well as $9,700 in funding from the Onondaga County Agricultural Council was awarded to SOFSA, the Seven Valleys Health Coalition, and Syracuse University’s Center...
by Ellen Pitstick | Jan 20, 2023 | In the News
At SOFSA’s 2023 Annual Meeting, members began voting on the proposed 2023 Public Policy Platform. One priority on this platform is reinvesting in the CNY Regional Market infrastructure. Eaters and growers throughout Central New York frequent the Regional Market...