Schoolyard Harvest Dinner Named “The Most Worthy Longtable Dinner of the Summer” by Vancouver Magazine
Neal McLennan, Food Editor for Vancouver Magazine, writes, “It’s tough to know where to start the gushing thread with Vancouver’s Fresh Roots,” and then proceeds to gush all about Fresh Roots programs and our upcoming dinner in the world’s sweetest...
Join Us for Our Schoolyard Harvest Dinner!
Join us for our third annual Schoolyard Harvest Dinner.We’ll celebrate with an elegant dinner of local ingredients sourced from our schoolyard farms and farmer friends, paired with an open bar of amazing wine from Marquis Wine Cellars, brews from 33 Acres, and...
Check Out Our 2018 Annual Report!
Thank you so much to everyone who supported 2018 programs!
2018 Annual Report
We’re so excited to share with you all of the amazing things that happened in 2018! (Hot tip: click the little square in the far right corner to view it full screen and zoom in.) Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who supported the children and youth in Fresh Roots...Come Plant a Food Forest With US!
We have a farm that is slowly filling with food, and we have a forest that is teaching us how nature “gardens”, now it is time to connect the two and build a food forest at the Suwa’lkh School! What is a food forest? It is a type of garden that...
Feeding “Hangry ” Kids
Don Davies is introducing legislation entitled the “School Food Program for Children Act,” requiring the Minister of Health, in consultation with provincial governments and other relevant stakeholders, to develop a school food program to ensure that all...
Fresh Roots: Rethinking Hunger and Food Access
Michael Newman of Global TV explores how Fresh Roots and other local charities are engaging in ensuring that all people have access to healthy food. With rising food prices and continuous economic pressures, the problem of hunger is one that has greatly affected the...
BC kids take on the Great Big Crunch for healthy foods in school
On March 8, kids across the BC took part in the “Great Big Crunch for Healthy School Food Day,” as proclaimed by Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart. Global News was there to record the crunch heard across BC!