by Alexa Pitoulis | Oct 27, 2017 | Press
by: Cory Correia Vancouver Coastal Health has developed an online map that helps people who struggle to pay for healthy food get access to what they need. The Vancouver Food Asset Map, developed with help from local partners, can help users find low-cost or free...
by Alexa Pitoulis | Oct 27, 2017 | Press
by Daily Hive Staff Vancouver Coastal Health’s Food Asset Map is a tool to find places where people grow, prepare, share, buy, receive and learn about food. And now, it’s inspiring others, like Devon Green, a Vancouver man in his mid-20s who knows what it’s like to be...
by Alexa Pitoulis | Oct 22, 2017 | Norquay Field House
A small but brave group of community members met for the first wood carving workshop. Working with the tool is tricky at first. Some of us muscle it through the wood, others go with the flow of the wood grain. Some even use the wood’s knots for inspiration, such...
by SOYL Youth | Oct 19, 2017 | Norquay Field House, Stories from the Field
What did you first think when you heard about the SOYL Program? I first heard about it attending the VSB’s 2016 Sustainability Conference. During the conference’s opportunities fair, Fresh Roots had a small booth in the very corner with a little orange...
by SOYL Youth | Oct 17, 2017 | Norquay Field House, Stories from the Field
Food is nourishment. Food is connection. Good days, bad days, celebrations, mourning. Food is there. It can be a burden, an obligation met by busybody, overstressed workers, parents, caregivers. It can be a relief, a comfort, a joy; a refuge to hide away, to...
