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It’s Your Turn! Complete the Federal Government’s Questionnaire about a National School Food Policy

By Alexa Pitoulis, Executive Director

If you’re reading this you’ve likely heard the shocking news that Canada is the only G7 without a federally funded universal school food plan and that Canada is ranked 37th of 41 countries on providing healthy food for kids. Fresh Roots, alongside so many other organizations, parents, teachers, grandparents, municipalities have come together through the work of the National Coalition on Healthy School Food and here in British Columbia the BC Chapter of the Coalition. 

Photo credit: Chef TJ Conwi, LunchLAB Lord Roberts

 

Now is the time for you to have your voice heard! The federal government has launched a consultation process for the development of the National School Food Policy. This is the first time in over 60 years that school food policy has been discussed at the federal level. 

 

Everyone can participate by completing the questionnaire by December 16, 2022: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/school-food/consultation-school-food.html

 

Not sure what to say? Or looking for some more info?

  • Check out the Coalition for Healthy School Food’s Guiding Principles.
  • Join the  “Amplifying Our Voices” Workshop to be held on Monday December 12, 2022 between noon and 1pm EST. Hosted by the Coalition for Healthy School Food, this interactive workshop will allow people to complete the form during the session or to complete it by their organization at a later time. Register here.
  • Learn about the evidence and impacts of farm to school. (Reference: Farm to Cafeteria Canada)

For over a decade, Fresh Roots, has been demonstrating through our schoolyard farms and experiential learning programs how a comprehensive, farm to school approach to a national school food policy would have incredible benefits resulting in huge social and economic returns on investment. Thank YOU for being part of this community!

I’m feeling so optimistic about the momentum we currently have towards a federally supported, universal, comprehensive school food policy. Just in the last few weeks I’ve:

  • Participated in 2 National roundtable discussions with the Honourable Karina Gould, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, and the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food.
  • Shared with and learned from colleagues across the province in Victoria at the BC School Food Network Gathering.
  • Read the recent report titled A Universal School Food System for BC put out by The Single Mothers’ Alliance. The research brief shares the perspectives of low-income BC parents on the existing school food programs and builds the case for the universal school food system in British Columbia.
  • Spoke to a 3rd year class at Simon Fraser University about our work and the importance of a new approach to school food in Canada.
  • Spoke to at least two Master’s level researchers who are exploring school-food costing and farm to school related topics of study!

Caption: Alexa digging into a discussion topic with provincial colleagues at the Nov 9th BC School Food Network Gathering in Victoria

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LOCAL CULINARY STUDENT RECEIVES LEGACY BURSARY HONOURING PROLIFIC VANCOUVER FOOD WRITER AND RESTAURANT COMMUNITY ADVOCATE

LOCAL CULINARY STUDENT RECEIVES LEGACY BURSARY HONOURING PROLIFIC VANCOUVER FOOD WRITER AND RESTAURANT COMMUNITY ADVOCATE

Canada’s Great Kitchen Party Vancouver paid tribute to the life of Andrew Morrison and his memorable contributions to the Canadian culinary community.

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James Chatto presents inaugural Andrew Morrison Memorial Award to Sara Lee, Photo Anjali Spooner.
Vancouver, B.C., November 24, 2022—The city’s culinary elite gathered en masse last Thursday night to attend Vancouver’s edition of Canada’s Great Kitchen Party. As the last of nine regional qualifiers held across the country for the Canadian Culinary Championship, this prestigious event is equally focused on fundraising to provide accessible opportunities for young Canadians to achieve excellence in their pursuits of sport, music, and food. The late and dearly loved Vancouver food writer Andrew Morrison, co-founder of Scout Magazine, played a key role in Canada’s Great Kitchen Party for 14 years. To kick off the evening’s celebrations, national Kitchen Party lead judge James Chatto took the podium to honour the significant impact of Andrew’s life and announce the creation of the Andrew Morrison Memorial Award in his name.
“With ineffable charm and an impeccable palate, Andrew was brilliant in this role,” attested James. “His sense of fair play was unimpeachable and he was far more firm and resolute when chefs tried to get away with mayhem than some of us soft-hearted fools.”

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Andrew and his wife Michelle Sproule launched Scout Magazine in 2008, the preeminent online guide to what’s new and good in Vancouver. A year prior, James enthusiastically invited Andrew to be the Vancouver senior judge for Gold Medal Plates (now known as Canada’s Great Kitchen Party), a role he shared with wine and food expert and educator Sid Cross. Andrew was a beloved member of the Kitchen Party team and held the position until he passed away in 2021. He revelled in the challenge: impartially judging events and passionately sharing his knowledge and honest feedback with regional chefs in Vancouver, Victoria, and Kelowna, and at the Canadian Culinary Championship.
“Andrew always encouraged curiosity,” shares Michelle. “One of the biggest thrills of his role as a food writer and publisher was to see learning in action, particularly in a kitchen environment between established and emerging talents. He would be proud to have his name attached to a bursary that supports a deserving student in the culinary program at Vancouver Community College.”
With an audience of well over 500 guests plus 100s of chefs, judges, and volunteers, the inaugural 2022 Andrew Morrison Memorial Award was presented on stage to Vancouver Community College culinary arts student, Tsai Rung “Sara” Lee. This bursary further bolsters Andrew’s legacy of championing small independent restaurants and rising stars in the culinary industry, and will be awarded each year to a deserving culinary student from VCC.
“Receiving this scholarship was a pleasant surprise, and really meaningful to me,” explains Sara. “It’s my honour to be chosen, and an affirmation of my efforts and the possibilities ahead.”
“Sara always has a smile on her face and enjoys being challenged to flex her creative skills in the kitchen,” says Karen Gin, VCC Culinary Arts instructor. “Her ambition, positive attitude, and ability to focus are her strengths.” 

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In addition to the culinary competition and bursary presentation, funds were raised for two national beneficiaries and one Vancouver charity: Spirit North, empowering indigenous youth through sport and play; MusiCounts, providing musical instruments to schools; and Fresh Roots, growing schoolyard farms to cultivate meaningful connections between students and the food they eat.
Local beneficiary Fresh Roots raised $8,400 in raffle-ticket sales alone.”We are thrilled and grateful to be the chosen regional charity,” shares Alexa Pitouis, Fresh Roots Executive Director. “We are proud to be part of an event where all of the competing chefs are champions of local and sustainable food systems. Fresh Roots exists to give kids opportunities to experience growing, preparing, sharing and celebrating good food which aligns so well with Canada’s Great Kitchen Party!”
This year’s fundraising numbers are still being tallied from all nine 2022 Canada’s Great Kitchen Party events held in different cities across the country, not to mention the Canadian Culinary Championship yet to take place in Ottawa on February 3-4, 2023. The organization has raised over 17 million dollars to date, creating equally accessible opportunities for young Canadians to be extraordinary.

ABOUT CANADA’S GREAT KITCHEN PARTY
Canada’s Great Kitchen Party is a social enterprise dedicated to “Building a Better Canada” through the elevation and celebration of Canadian excellence in the culinary arts, sport and music. Staged in nine cities across the country, each event is a regional culinary competition which qualifies the winning chefs to move on to compete at the Canadian Culinary Championship on February 3 and 4, 2023 in Ottawa. Chefs, athletes, musicians and business leaders all come together for a spectacular experience and to provide young Canadians the opportunity to be extraordinary through sport, music and food. We proudly contribute to the following beneficiaries: Spirit North, MusiCounts and Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society. As the largest exposition of Canadian wines, over 200 wineries and local breweries and spirit companies are profiled at our events. For more information, visit greatkitchenparty.com, and @greatkitchenparty on Instagram.
For more information and interview requests: 
Karen Blair, Co-Founder and Media Director Canada’s Great Kitchen Party – National
Katharine Manson, KMComms
katharine@kmcomms.com, 604-318-9690

BOBBY MILHERON IS CROWNED VANCOUVER CHAMPION OF CANADA’S GREAT KITCHEN PARTY REGIONAL QUALIFIER

BOBBY MILHERON IS CROWNED VANCOUVER CHAMPION OF CANADA’S GREAT KITCHEN PARTY REGIONAL QUALIFIER

Homer St. Cafe & Bar, Tableau Bar Bistro, and Maxine’s Cafe & Bar’s Bobby Milheron will proudly represent Vancouver at the Canadian Culinary Championship in Ottawa in February 2023.

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Canada’s Great Kitchen Party Vancouver 2022 Gold Medalist Bobby Milheron, Photo Anjali Spooner.
Vancouver, B.C., November 24, 2022 — Bobby Milheron stands on the top step of the podium this evening, emerging victorious among the city’s brightest culinary stars. Canada’s Great Kitchen Party is proud to announce the gold medallist of the Vancouver regional culinary competition held today at the Westin Bayshore.

Vancouver was the final stop of nine competing cities on the Kitchen Party (KP) tour across the country, spotlighting talented chefs from St. John’s, Newfoundland to the west coast of British Columbia. Each region’s gold medal-winning chef earns the privilege of competing for national honours at the Canadian Culinary Championship in Ottawa on February 3-4, 2023.

2022 Canada’s Great Kitchen Party Vancouver Chef Competitors: 

Sandy Chen – Archer

Scott Korzack – Bacaro

Vish Mayekar – Caffè La Tana, Pepino’s

Bobby Milheron – Homer St. Cafe & Bar, Tableau Bar Bistro, Maxine’s Cafe & Bar

Thachaya “Mike” Tuangkitkun – Maenam Restaurant

Deliberating over the five chefs’ dishes was a panel of seven esteemed judges, led by national Kitchen Party Head Judge James Chatto, Vancouver Kitchen Party Senior Judge Joie Alvaro Kent, and 2019 KP Vancouver Gold Medallist and 2020 Canadian Culinary Championship Gold Medallist Roger Ma. After each competing chef presented their dish and accompanying wine pairing to the panel for tasting, the judges enthusiastically chose Bobby Milheron from Homer St. Cafe & Bar, Tableau Bar Bistro, and Maxine’s Cafe & Bar as the gold medalist for his lightly smoked Canadian Geoduck, B.C. spot prawn terrine, pickled bull kelp, sunchoke, shellfish jus—truly a chef d’oeuvre. His dish was sharply paired with Mission Hill Reserve Rosé 2021, Okanagan Valley, B.C.

“Chef Bobby Milheron has a big task ahead of him to keep the crown in Vancouver, following Roger Ma’s stunning victory at the last Canadian Culinary Championships in 2020,” explains Chatto. “After tonight’s gold-medal-winning performance, I’m confident he is up for it.”

Finishing in second spot was Thachaya “Mike” Tuangkitkun from Maenam who prepared Southern Thai-style Turmeric Curry with a mosaic of B.C. sockeye salmon, mussel, side-striped prawn, fresh young coconut, and squid-ink cracker with housemade “Tom Yum” seasoning paired with Tantalus Old Vines Riesling 2020, Okanagan Valley, B.C. Vish Mayekar from Caffè La Tana and Pepino’s Spaghetti House, placed third with their Lamb Agnolotti and Seared Scallop in South Indian Curry Sauce, with curry-leaf foam and lime crumb accompanied by Artakama Roussanne/Viognier 2021, Oliver, B.C.

Chef Bobby Milheron was privileged to receive the double honour of taking home the People’s Choice Award—voted on by all guests in attendance.

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Kitchen Party Vancouver 2022 People’s Choice Winner Bobby Milheron, Photo Anjali Spooner.

Chef Milheron will now go on to represent Vancouver at the 2023 Canadian Culinary Championship being held in Ottawa on February 3-4, where he will compete against representatives from seven other Canadian cities. “I am honoured to represent Vancouver in the Canadian Culinary Championship,” he said. “I would like to thank my wonderful suppliers and dedicated teammates. This was a team effort, and I couldn’t have done it without all of you.”

“After a two-year pandemic hiatus, it’s been so exciting for us to host Canada’s Great Kitchen Party in person once again. Being able to gather in celebration of our city’s exceptional culinary talent is incredibly thrilling.” said Alvaro Kent. “The calibre and creativity of the dishes presented by each of our competing chefs have been absolutely stellar. We Vancouverites are remarkably honoured to enjoy such a broad cultural spectrum of culinary excellence. Our entire city is rallying behind Chef Bobby Milheron as he prepares to represent Vancouver at the Canadian Culinary Championship in Ottawa.”

In addition to tonight’s culinary competition, funds were raised for two national beneficiaries and one local charity: Spirit North, empowering indigenous youth through sport and play; MusiCounts. providing musical instruments to schools; and Fresh Roots, cultivating meaningful connections between students and the food they grow.

All eight gold-medallist chefs from across the country will gather at the Canadian Culinary Championship in Ottawa on February 3-4, 2023. Over the course of two days, they’ll flex their culinary muscles on the national stage to bring home the coveted title of Canadian Culinary Champion.


 
ABOUT CANADA’S GREAT KITCHEN PARTY
Canada’s Great Kitchen Party is a social enterprise dedicated to “Building a Better Canada” through the elevation and celebration of Canadian excellence in the culinary arts, sport and music. Staged in nine cities across the country, each event is a regional culinary competition which qualifies the winning chefs to move on to compete at the Canadian Culinary Championship on February 3 and 4, 2023 in Ottawa. Chefs, athletes, musicians and business leaders all come together for a spectacular experience and to provide young Canadians the opportunity to be extraordinary through sport, music and food. We proudly contribute to the following beneficiaries: Spirit North, MusiCounts and Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society. As the largest exposition of Canadian wines, over 200 wineries and local breweries and spirit companies are profiled at our events. For more information, visit greatkitchenparty.com, and @greatkitchenparty on Instagram.
 
For more information and interview requests: 
Karen Blair, Co-Founder and Media Director Canada’s Great Kitchen Party – National
Katharine Manson, KMComms
katharine@kmcomms.com, 604-318-9690
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This prestigious ‘Kitchen Party’ event will celebrate Vancouver’s top chefs

This prestigious ‘Kitchen Party’ event will celebrate Vancouver’s top chefs

This exciting competition pits 6 of the city’s culinary stars from independent restaurants against each other – and raises money for a great cause.
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Roger Ma, centre, represented Vancouver with a win in 2019 and landed at the top of the podium nationally in 2020. He’s seen here with Marc-André Jetté of Hoogan et Beaufort and Emily Butcher of deer + almond. Great Kitchen Party/Facebook

It’s no secret that sometimes the best spot at the party is in the kitchen. And in Vancouver, our “kitchen” talent is vast.

To celebrate the city’s culinary stars on the rise – and support an incredible cause – Canada’s Great Kitchen Party returns on Nov. 24 with an in-person competition to determine who will represent Vancouver next year in the nationwide championship.

Launched in 2006, Canada’s Great Kitchen Party (formerly known as Gold Medal Plates) aims to elevate and celebrate Canadian Excellence by bringing together the top chefs in each city for a ticketed event that also mixes in iconic Canadian musicians and athletes.

Competing chefs reflect Vancouver’s diversity, independent restaurants

The exciting face-off at the Westin Bayshore in Vancouver features some impressive local chefs representing a slate of acclaimed independent restaurants – including a few recently recognized by the Michelin Guide: Vish Mayekar (Caffè La Tana, Pepino’s); Scott Korzack (Bacaro); Bobby Milheron (Homer St. Cafe and Bar, Tableau Bar Bistro, Maxine’s Cafe & Bar); Sandy Chef (Archer); Thachaya (Mike) Tuangkitkun (Maenam); and Sean Reeve (Collective Goods, Say Mercy, The Mackenzie Room).

For Joie Alvaro Kent, cookbook author, food writer, and Canada’s Great Kitchen Party Vancouver Senior Judge, this year’s return to in-person competition comes at a most opportune time, and also offers the chance to spotlight the city’s culinary diversity in the kitchen and on the plate, and put an emphasis on some of our incredible indie spots.

“Vancouver’s inaugural list of Michelin one-star restaurants was a tour de force for highly revered neighbourhood gems,” Alvaro Kent tells Vancouver Is Awesome. “I’m absolutely thrilled that the slate of talented chefs competing in this year’s Canada’s Great Kitchen Party Vancouver genuinely reflects our city’s prevailing fondness for independently owned restaurants as well as our cultural diversity.”

Chef Sandy Chen, who is at the stoves as Chef de Cuisine at Archer, one of Vancouver’s most exciting fall debuts, reflects on what the event means personally. “It’s so great to see the return of in-person cooking competitions,” Chen tells V.I.A. “For me, it is an honour, privilege, and great opportunity to challenge my limits and push myself to another level.”

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Sandy Chen is Chef de Cuisine at Archer in Vancouver, and is competing Nov. 24 to represent the city for the Great Kitchen Party. . @sandyweichen/Instagram

A familiar face to fans of TV’s Top Chef Canada will surely recognize Vish Mayekar, Head Chef at The Drive’s popular sibling spots Caffè La Tana and Pepino’s.”Calling Canada home now and now having the privilege of representing Vancouver on the national level through Top Chef and being part of Culinary Team Canada has been an incredible honour,” says Mayekar. “My next goal: keeping the Canadian Culinary Championship title in Vancouver!”

Vancouver last sent its winner all the way to the top of the podium in February 2020, when Roger Ma (Boulevard) took the championship.

Kitchen Party event features music stars, benefits Fresh Roots

In addition to the cooking competition, the evening includes live entertainment from Neil Osborne of 54-40, blues singer Kandle Osborne, and Canadian Hall of Fame and Juno award-winning band Chilliwack.

The event also happens to be one of the city’s largest annual fundraising dinner parties, and this year’s beneficiary is Fresh Roots, the Vancouver non-profit that transforms urban spaces to create thriving neighbourhood gathering places for learning, sharing, and connecting.

“We are proud to be part of this event in which all the competing chefs are champions supporting local and sustainable food systems. Fresh Roots’ mission is giving kids unique opportunities to experience growing, preparing, sharing, and celebrating good food—perfectly aligned with Canada’s Great Kitchen Party!” says Alexa Pitoulis, Fresh Roots Executive Director.

When it comes to the food, guests will watch as the competing chefs present their dishes to the judges’ panel. Senior Judge Alvaro Kent will be joined by James Chatto (Canada’s Great Kitchen Party National Culinary Advisor and Head Judge) along with well-known food industry Vancouverites Roger Ma; Andrea Carlson; Hamid Salimian; Douglas Chang; and Sid Cross.

All eyes will be on Chen, Mayekar, and the other four chefs as the centrepiece for a terrific night that reflects so much of what Vancouver’s food scene is all about.

“These six highly skilled culinarians uphold an impressive level of integrity, ingenuity, and dedication to highlighting local growers and purveyors—a true testament to the key values of Vancouver’s food community. We’re in for an exciting evening and a tight race for top honours,” shares Alvaro Kent.

Canada’s Great Kitchen Party Vancouver

When: Nov. 24, 2022. VIP reception 5 p.m., competition 6 p.m., seated portion 7:30 p.m.

Where: Westin Bayshore – 1601 Bayshore Dr, Vancouver

Tickets: Purchase online

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Charities providing in-school meal programs face rising inflation as they begin a new school year

Charities providing in-school meal programs face rising inflation as they begin a new school year

Cost-per-meal offered by one Vancouver charity has risen to $4 from $3, a 33 per cent increase, during a time when food inflation is running at 10 per cent.

A unique meal program offered to students and prepared with help from students at two Vancouver schools is among several such programs across B.C. feeling the pinch from rising food costs.Program operators are having to tweak menus and stretch their dollars at a time when school districts report demand for in-school meals is on the rise.“Most of our meals are vegetable-forward but there are meat dishes for the omnivore students and we’ve had to make a drastic cut in the serving size,” said Tasha Sawyer, the chef-in-residence leading the LunchLab program at Vancouver Alternate Secondary School. “Instead of serving a single portion of chicken, we are making a chicken and vegetable stir-fry in order to stretch that supply.”

Sawyer said inflation for food pushed up the price-per-plate for a student meal to $4 from $3, a 33 per cent increase, at the start of the 2021-22 school year. It remains $4 for this year, but “that may change if inflation costs continue to rise.”

She said overall inflation is running at seven-to-eight per cent, but for food alone, it’s at 10 per cent.

The meal program is served twice a week to students at the high school and is provided free to students enrolled in the school’s other meal program, and offered at a sliding scale of $1-to-$5 each meal for others, said Alexa Pitoulis, executive director of Fresh Roots, a non-profit group working with school communities to provide locally sourced and grown food.

Some of the vegetables come from a school garden and other ingredients are sourced locally, whenever possible, and students help in the kitchen, she said.

The LunchLab is also providing meals at Lord Roberts elementary and the hope is to expand to other schools, Pitoulis said.

The program was feeding 180 students before COVID-19, and last year numbers were up to 150. This year, “we might have to cap it at 100-to-125,” she said.

“Like all non-profits, we are trying to constantly make adjustments and we’re not exactly sure what’s coming” in terms of inflation.

Fundraising for the program from private donors, grants and foundations is also affected by inflation as fewer charity dollars are available, said Pitoulis.

“We’re definitely trying to understand the impact and we’re being cautious,” she said.

Across the Vancouver school district, about 3,000 meals are provided to students through various programs, a spokeswoman for the district said in an email.

Some of the food from the LunchLab program in August 2021.

Some of the food from the LunchLab program in August 2021. PHOTO BY T.J. CONWI /jpg

The spokesperson, who didn’t want to be named, said “inflation projections were included” when the budget was drawn-up and “any impacts are presented in the amended budget process.”

She said the provincial government’s increased funding of $60 million for all school districts announced last week will be used in part to fund meal programs.

The Surrey school district has about 2,000 students in its meal program, spokeswoman Ritinder Matthew said in an email. She said there are “significant budget pressures due to inflation” on food and transportation prices, and the provincial funding announcement will mean a one-time increase of $7.3 million in new money, which can be used for the meal program and other student activities.

“This will allow us to continue feeding all of our students that need this support, and accommodate any new students,” she said.

The program in Surrey is run by community donors, including the national Breakfast Club of Canada charity. Spokeswoman Judith Barry said demand for meal programs has grown 60-to-100 per cent in some districts across Canada during the pandemic.

The non-profit has launched a fundraising campaign to support its meal programs, which serve 18,500 children in B.C. There are also a couple of hundred schools on a waiting list to access the non-profit’s breakfast programs, and the number is growing, the charity said in a news release.

B.C. Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside said that the province came up with the extra $60 million for schools after hearing from districts, trustees, parents and families across B.C. on how tough the pandemic and inflation has been on family finances.

“I have heard it from districts all over the province,” she said. 

“We are definitely making changes because of higher demand and the opportunity for extra funding from the provincial government to school districts for food security, etc.,” Cindy Waters of the Chilliwack Bowls of Hope Society, which helps provide school meals, said in an email.

“The pandemic has had a huge impact on the delivery and cost of school food programs,” said Harold Munro, editor-in-chief of The Vancouver Sun and The Province and chairman of The Vancouver Sun Children’s Fund, which operates the Adopt-A-School program.

“Adopt-A-School distributed nearly $1.4 million to B.C. schools last year, three-quarters of which went to feeding children,” he said. “Rising inflation has only made the situation worse, and demand for food is extremely high again this school year.”

CORRECTION: This story has been updated to correct the name of the Surrey school district spokesperson. 

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Delta students encouraged to get hands-on in the garden

Delta students encouraged to get hands-on in the garden

Consider joining the Fresh Roots program this summer

Delta Optimist article | Staff Writer | Apr 16, 2022 9:00 AM

If you are in grades 9 to 12, consider joining Fresh Roots for a unique six-week summer leadership and employment program.Witthaya Prasongsin/moment/Getty Images

Calling Delta students – do you want to spend your summer making friends, working on your leadership skills, growing, cooking and eating yummy food?

If you are in grades 9 to 12, consider joining Fresh Roots for a unique six-week summer leadership and employment program.

Based out of the Farm Roots Mini School program, the SOYL program empowers youth to steward the schoolyard farm located at 6570 1A Avenue in Delta (Boundary Bay).

The focus is on learning, community building, and growing “Good Food for All”. Upon successful completion of the program you will receive a $600 stipend.

This is a full day program that runs July 4 to Aug. 11, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays.

In this program you will work with your peers developing interpersonal and teamwork skills as you work in the SOYL program components.

Students will further develop their communication, self-regulation, and decision-making skills, while also engaging in goal-setting activities.

To apply, see more details on the Delta School District website at: https://www.deltasd.bc.ca.

If you have any questions about the SOYL Program email: soyl@freshroots.ca or call 778-764-0344, ext. 102

 

Link to original article: https://www.delta-optimist.com/in-the-community/delta-students-encouraged-to-get-hands-on-in-the-garden-5263090

 

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Schoolyard urban farming (BC Farmers’ Market Trail Stories)

BC Farmers’ Markets | June 2, 2022

Link to YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StEN-ZHDIgM&t=11s

“We get a deeper sense of where our food comes from by being able to grow it.”

A breath of fresh air from life in the big city, urban farming is an important part of local food production. Located in the city of Vancouver, this Story from the BC Farmers’ Market Trail features Fresh Roots Urban Farm founders Gray Oron and Ilana Labow who strive to make sure their communities are provided with fresh food. Since 2009, the members of their urban farm society have been working directly with schools to teach youth about where a career in food production can take them.

Meet more local farmers, makers, and artisans at City of Vancouver Farmers’ Markets: https://bcfarmersmarkettrail.com/regi…

The BC Farmers’ Market Trail proudly showcases 145+ authentic BC Association of Farmers’ Market members across British Columbia. Dedicated to helping local food thrive, the BC Farmers’ Market Trail is your route to fresh, local, in-season food and artisan goods direct from the farmers who produce them.

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