Fostering a connection to food among youth, Fresh Roots takes its summer fundraising dinner online
Here’s a chance to support the way young people learn about food while enjoying a sumptuous, seasonal meal at home. by Gail Johnson on August 4th, 2020 Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society helps schools throughout Metro Vancouver build community by growing food. And...
Menu for Fresh Roots’ Schoolyard Harvest Dinner Announced
July 28, 2020 | Scout Vancouver Vancouver, BC | With less than two weeks left to score yourself mid-August feast from some of the region’s top producers, in support of a fantastic program. From the Fresh Roots team: For this extra-special year, we are creating summer...
A SOYL Summer – Part 3
A SOYL Summer- Part 3 As the 2020 SOYL (Sustainable Opportunities for Youth Leadership) program heads into the fifth week of learning and growing together in Delta, Vancouver and Coquitlam we are sharing the third installment in the three-part series written by four...
How to take part in a Vancouver school farm fundraiser dinner in your own backyard
They’ll supply the harvest, you serve your dinner at home and it all supports keeping youth healthy and working in Vancouver By: Lindsay William-Ross It’s hard to host a long table dinner when restaurant tables in B.C. are limited to just six diners apiece...
A SOYL Summer-Part 2
A SOYL Summer- Part 2 As the 2020 SOYL (Sustainable Opportunities for Youth Leadership) wraps up another action-packed week or learning and growing together we are sharing the second installment in the three-part series written by four SOYL alumni from the summer of...
A SOYL Summer- An Introduction
A SOYL Summer As the 2020 SOYL Program kicks off this week with a whole new crop of youth, we thought it would be a good time to share an insightful piece written from the youth participants’ perspective and experiences in the 2019 Fresh Roots SOYL program....
Fresh Five Wrap Up
Summer is here, school is out, and my team and I are gearing up for the start of Camp Fresh Roots. (We still have a few spaces left for this summer – come play with us!) And so the time has come to wrap up the Fresh Five. It has been a labour of love to create...
Join us for our Schoolyard Harvest Dinner *At Home/Online Edition*!
Join us for the Fourth Annual Schoolyard Harvest Dinner *At Home/Online Edition* On Thursday, August 13th we’ll celebrate together (apart) with an elegant summer meal experience composed of the best and freshest of the season’s harvest all in support of...