Aw, Shucks! A Valentine LunchLAB Fundraiser and SHELL-ebration
Aw Shucks! A Valentine’s LunchLAB fundraiser By Growing Chefs and Fresh Roots When:February 14, 2022 7:00 PM PST to 8:00 PM PST Where: Online via Zoom Why: to support healthy food prepared by kids for kids in schools All guests must be available to pick up on...
Join the Fresh Roots Team!
Looking for a vibrant, fun work environment in line with your passions for sustainability, learning, and Good Food for All? Fresh Roots in Vancouver, Coquitlam, & Delta, British Colombia is seeking Farm Workers, A Market Lead and Summer Camp & Youth...
New Spring Field Trips on the Farm!
Eager for April flowers, May showers and sunny June hours? We’re celebrating the coming of spring by introducing a new line-up of outdoor, hands-on field trips, along with bringing back some tried-and-true favourites. All of our field trips include the chance to...
City-bred farm workers
Is your next employee working today on an urban farm in Toronto? By Angela Lovell Country Guide Contributor Reading Time: 5 minutes Published: December 31, 2021 Fruit/Vegetables, Guide Business Jewel Gomes, an agronomist from the Philippines, experiments with plants...
East Vancouver students learn to grow healthy food
GLOBAL NEWS HOUR AT 6 BC August 13 2021 9:45pm School-age students learn the basics of growing healthy food in an urban environment. Then grow as leaders, learning how to prepare and sell it at pop-up markets. Neetu Garcha reports. Link to original article:...
Veggies sold in Tri-Cities’ newest pop-up farmer’s market grown by Coquitlam youth
Students are growing produce and native plants, and selling them at a pop-up market at Suwa’lkh School in Coquitlam. Diane Strandberg Aug 14, 2021 9:00 AM Some of the freshest veggies you’ll see this summer have been grown by youth who are learning about...
FRESH ROOTS’ SUMMER FUNDRAISING DINNER ON AUGUST 19 IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD
By Foodology | Date: July 23, 2021 | news category Growing schoolyard farms while growing community. Expanding on last year’s at-home fundraising event, Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society announces that this year’s Backyard Harvest Dinner with Friends will be held on...
FRESH ROOTS URBAN FARM SOCIETY CULTIVATES MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS THROUGH ITS ANNUAL HARVEST DINNER
July 27, 2021 by MyVanCity FROM THE SCHOOL YARD TO THE BACK YARD, FRESH ROOTS URBAN FARM SOCIETY CULTIVATES MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS THROUGH ITS ANNUAL HARVEST DINNER Enjoy Fresh Roots’ summer fundraising dinner on August 19 in your own back yard Growing schoolyard...