by ops | Apr 5, 2024 | Announcement
Help us fundraise $25,000 to purchase a new farm truck before the growing season kicks off on May 1st! So what happened to the truck? For those just tuning into the truck saga, the beloved Fresh Roots farm truck went missing in September 2023. After tapping into the...
by ops | Apr 5, 2024 | Stories from the Field
IN TWO WEEKS! We’re urgently looking for volunteers to help us kick off the growing season in our first Big Help volunteer party of 2024: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/schoolyard-farm-volunteer-big-help-tickets-876050830617 Date: Tuesday, April 16th Drop-in Times: 4-6pm...
by ops | Mar 4, 2024 | Announcement
Hello community! We wanted to let you know about a new monthly donation campaign in March and invite you to participate exclusively on CanadaHelps: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/freshroots/ Monthly donations are a great way to make a big impact and help us...
by ops | Feb 28, 2024 | Announcement
Hello to all Fresh Roots’ wonderful friends & community partners, I’m reaching out today to ask for help. We have had to vacate our cooler space and need a solution ASAP so that we can operate our market and CSAs this season starting May 15th, 2024. Without...
by ops | Feb 20, 2024 | Announcement
The Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society Board is growing! We are looking for new Board members to share their talents and insights to support Fresh Roots in its mission to cultivate educational farms and place-based programs where youth develop healthy relationships with...
by Fresh Roots | Jan 17, 2024 | Experiential Learning, Stories from the Field
By Fahima Mohibi, Day Camp Staff In this blog post, I’ll share my exciting summer job experience at Fresh Roots, a local organization that focuses on food education and urban farming. Their commitment to developing healthy relationships with food, sustainable farming...
by Fresh Roots | Jan 8, 2024 | Experiential Learning, Job Opportunities
By Kira Slykhuis, Day Camp Staff & SOYL Alumni Out of all the amazing experiences I had over the summer, my favourite part with working with Camp Fresh Roots was getting to meet so many funny, kind and creative children. To Be a Great Fresh Roots Staff, You...
by Alexa Pitoulis | Dec 29, 2023 | Stories from the Field
✨REASON #10 to donate to Fresh Roots this giving season: Climate Resilience!✨ DONATE HERE: https://freshroots.ca/its-thyme-year-end-fundraiser/ Introduction What is the recipe to build the sustainable, inclusive, resilient communities of the future? We can’t just...
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...
