by Rowan Vriesema-Magnuson | Jun 3, 2024 | Events
Join Us at Market This Season! Can you believe it’s June already? After a spring of rain and sun and some more rain, we’re seeing the fruits (or at least leaves) of our hard work, and we’re so excited to share it with you! Last week we welcomed our...
by Rowan Vriesema-Magnuson | Dec 20, 2023 | Stories from the Field
By Vivian Cheung, Operations & Digital Engagement Specialist As you may know, this year is a time to reflect and return back to our roots by bringing folks throughout these ten growing seasons who have helped shaped Fresh Roots to be where we are today, as staff,...
by Rowan Vriesema-Magnuson | Dec 20, 2023 | Stories from the Field
✨REASON #9 to donate to Fresh Roots this giving season: Suwa’lkh! ✨ DONATE HERE: https://freshroots.ca/its-thyme-year-end-fundraiser/ Introduction Suwa’lkh is one of Fresh Roots’s most important spaces for students to connect with food, the land, and...
by Rowan Vriesema-Magnuson | Jan 15, 2023 | Stories from the Field
By Kat Vriesema-Magnuson, Director of Experiential Learning When I’m meeting someone new and they ask about my job, I generally say something like “I run educational programs on an urban schoolyard farm! We do school field trips in the spring and fall, and...
by Rowan Vriesema-Magnuson | Jul 28, 2022 | Stories from the Field
It’s Pride Week in Vancouver, and awkward as it feels to say it, I’m proud of Fresh Roots and our commitment to inclusion of people across the sexuality and gender spectrums. I’m especially proud of how that’s showing up at Camp Fresh Roots and how we’re able to...
