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SyRAP is a training program for former refugees who are interested in starting their own farming business or acquiring farmland. Farmers go through three years of agriculture, gardening, marketing, business, and ENL (English as a New Language) training before they lease or buy land on their own.

What We Do

Farmland Access

Agriculture Workshops

Community Gardening

Market Access

Goat Farm

The Syracuse Refugee Agricultural Program (SyRAP) is a program of Refugee & Immigrant Self-Empowerment (RISE)

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THANK YOU to Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield for selecting RISE as the recipient for their health equity grant this spring. The SyRAP December newsletter is out now! RISE Open House this Thursday from 4-6. Stop by to see RISE’s office, meet our staff, learn about RISE programs, and eat some delicious food! See you then! Link in bio to read our November newsletter! Read up on our new Program Director, exciting grant opportunities, and more. Farmers recently wrapped up their last Saturday of sales at the @cnyregionalmarket market, selling their final daikon radish and red radish harvests of the season. The SyRAP team is grateful for this space each season to connect with the community and other vendors, and share naturally grown vegetables. We appreciate the diverse and welcoming atmosphere provided by the CNY Regional Market, and look forward to another great season next year!  Today was an extra special garlic planting day- It was the first time SyRAP farmers have broken ground and planted a crop at the new farm! The garlic seed they used was grown by the previous landowners in the very soil where farmers planted it today. We are so grateful and excited to have this beautiful new land for the program. This is just the beginning! Congratulations to the first year farmer cohort for their participation in the training curricula and successful completion of season one with the SyRAP incubator farm program! It was a good year of growth and we are looking forward to having Moses, Dil, Julienne, Pampha, and Parti back for year two at our new farm location (not pictured but also returning next year: Matur). Thanks to Xinyuan (@cce_onondaga Lead Educator), Bernard (Education Assistant), and Manika (Interpreter) for all the work they put into creating and delivering the training curriculumn to the first year cohort this season. 🌱VEGETABLE HIGHLIGHT🌱- Squash Flowers Link in bio for the latest news from the Syracuse Refugee Agricultural Program!