Fresh Five Week 3: Earth Day!

by Rowan Vriesema-Magnuson | Apr 18, 2020 | At Home Learning Resources

Earth Day turns 50 this year! Back in 1970, an American politician named Gaylord Nelson wanted to harness the energy of youth activism to bring attention to environmental issues. That year, 20 million Americans (10% of the total population) took part in marches,...

Fresh Five Week 2: Celebrate Spring!

by Rowan Vriesema-Magnuson | Apr 11, 2020 | At Home Learning Resources

This week we got to see the the first full moon of Spring, and it was gorgeous! I hope you got to see it rising as the sun was setting. Many First Nations have traditional names for each of the 13 full moons of the year. The W̱SÁNEĆ (Saanich) name for this...

Fresh Five Ideas for At Home Learning #1

by Rowan Vriesema-Magnuson | Apr 3, 2020 | At Home Learning Resources

Welcome to the first edition of the Fresh Five! Hey there, friends. This is Kat, your friendly local Experiential Learning Manager. Wow, this is a different learning environment than we were expecting to be in this spring. I’m frankly devastated not to have you...

Food Skills Workshops

by Rowan Vriesema-Magnuson | Aug 1, 2017 | Norquay Field House

In July, Fresh Roots had the pleasure of inviting our friends from Collingwood Neighbourhood House to host a food skills workshop in our kitchen at the Norquay Field House. Using local herbs from community gardens, we were able to make a delicious lemon-balm tea, herb...

Fresh Roots Famous Salad Dressing

by Rowan Vriesema-Magnuson | Mar 24, 2016 | Recipes

How do you get kids to eat their veggies?  Just add a drizzle of our famous salad dressing! The secret ingredient: nutritional yeast. It tastes a little cheesy without the dairy, a little nutty without the nuts, a little salty without the salt, and all around tasty....