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Food Policy
F-M High School Students Lead Campaign for Free School Meals
Early in 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul delivered a huge win for anti-hunger advocates across the state. By including Universal School Meals in her executive budget, the governor set out to ensure that all kids, regardless of circumstance, were able to get at least two meals a day during a regular school week. Since then, school districts previously ineligible have been working on implementing the free school breakfast and lunch program. Participating schools have seen huge incr
May 43 min read
SOFSA Hosts Event Uniting Local Candidates with Community Members: "Community-Candidate Dialogue on Hunger, Housing, & Health"
On Thursday, June 13th, SOFSA, in collaboration with Housing & Homeless Coalition, CNY Fair Housing, Food Bank of Central New York, Jubilee Homes, Food Access Healthy Neighborhoods Now, LeadSafeCNY Coalition, and the Central New York Community Foundation, hosted a Community-Candidate Forum.
Jun 20, 20242 min read
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Joint ReZone Letter from FAHNN & SOFSA
As a follow up to its August 2022 ReZone Letter, SOFSA worked closely with Food Access Healthy Neighborhoods Now (FAHNN) to elevate specific concerns within the draft zoning ordinance that could potentially harm potential food retail locations including the parcel at Valley Plaza.
Nov 28, 20225 min read
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