Schoolyard Harvest Dinner
Youth are planting, getting ready Sun is shining, strong and steady All that’s left is you, our guest With local food, your tastebuds blessed You’re invited to this feast an enchanting evening of magic unleashed Huzzah! Join us for an enchanting evening...
Schoolyard Harvest Dinner | July 5
Join us for an enchanting evening out in the garden. Celebrate Good Food with us. Get your tickets here. Today
How to store three totes of mega spinach – the FRESH ROOTS way!
Hello friend! Amanda and Nicole here. Have you ever been responsible for storing three totes full of abnormally large spinach? Because we have! And we have written a step-by-step guide just for you based off of our very own experience at the Fresh Roots’ Norquay...
All Our Father’s Relations
The Vancouver Food Policy Council is pleased to invite you to join us for a special documentary film screening of All Our Father’s Relations, followed by a panel discussion. When: Thursday, May 31st – 6:30 to 8:30 PM. Doors open at 6:30pm. Film starts at 7pm. Panel...
These Vancouver millennials are getting their hands dirty and growing local food, one veggie at a time
by: Melanie Green First, he had to find the space to grow his veggies. But with land in Vancouver “far too expensive,” Dumont and friends decided to bike around the city going door-to-door asking who would be willing to grow food instead of grass in their gardens....The Big Build
Today, the planter boxes all came together – literally. An amazing group of hardworking volunteers armed with drills and impact drivers assembled the planters that had been decorated over the fall. Led by the team at Fresh Roots, we called to action our varying...
Delta farmers support Farm Roots Mini School and Fresh Roots
by Ian Jacques / Delta Optimist March 2nd The knowledge base for the grade 10 to 12 students at the Farm Roots Mini School will continue to grow thanks to a recent donation from the Delta Farmers’ Institute. Last month Delta farmers Nancy Chong, Alicia Guichon,...Filling Garden Beds
Good news: we received a soil donation from the City of Vancouver’s Social Policy Department. Bad news: it was delivered far from our site! With shovels, wheel barrows and muscle, we managed to fill a few over the course of Sunday morning. – Sophie...