Fresh Five: Pollinator Power!
Happy Summer Solstice everyone! Way back in April for our Flower Power week, I said we’d get to learn more about bumblebees and other pollinators, and that week is finally here! June 22-28 is Pollinator Week in Canada and the US, and with all the summer fruits...
Spot prawns! Get your spot prawns! Ways to cook them and 10 places to find them in Greater Vancouver
by Gail Johnson on June 8th, 2020 Now that spot prawn season is here – hooray! – you might be looking for ideas on how to cook the delectable seafood or what local businesses are up to with it this year. We’ve got you covered. First, a look at the collective efforts...
New! Fresh Roots Thursday Pop Up Market in Kwikwetlam (Coquitlam)
The Suwa’lkh team is super excited to announce that we will be hosting a weekly pop up market at Suwa’lkh School on the corner of Brunette Ave and Schoolhouse St in Coquitlam starting Thursday, June 18th. Stop by the parking lot market space every Thursday from 4-7 pm...
LunchLAB program fuels Vancouver families by donation, and talented local chefs
Vancouver non-profits, chefs, businesses, and residents have donated time and food to make sure local families in need are fed during the COVID-19 crisis May 25, 2020 AM By Lindsay William-Ross When schools across the province weren’t able to welcome students...
Chefs Feeding Families In Need
MAY 12, 2020 What started last fall as a Vancouver-based educational in-school meal program has shifted in this time of crisis to offer students and their families delicious, healthy, chef-prepared meals out of school. LunchLAB has partnered with Fresh Roots and...
COVID-19: Food educators, chefs pumping out thousands of meals for people in need
Randy Shore Publishing date: April 28, 2020 There is no shortage of hungry people to feed in a city hobbled by the COVID-19 lockdown and that has spawned a massive network of people working for the common good. LunchLAB launched last year to show kids how to grow and...
Fresh Five: Native Plants
I grew up in this corner of the world, the coastal Pacific Northwest, and did a lot of camping as a kid. One of my most favorite summer memories is picking bright red huckleberries growing on the nurse stumps dotting the campground. I don’t know when I learned...
Fresh Five: Waves of Justice
This past week has been an emotionally intense one for many of us as protests continue to highlight the systemic racism in our communities, and those protests against police violence are met with violence in return. As an organization dedicated to Good Food for All,...