VSB Student Captures SOYL Program

VSB Student Captures SOYL Program

Learning about Food, Sustainability, and Leadership on Schoolyard Farms by Nichole Bruce, SOYL Graduate When I accepted the placement at SOYL this summer, I didn’t quite know what to expect. Some of my friends had done it the summer before and said it was a lot...
Fresh Roots with Cilantro Cooks!

Fresh Roots with Cilantro Cooks!

Marc Schutzbank is transforming the school food system through educational farms on school grounds as the Executive Director of Fresh Roots. We recently sat down with Marc to hear more about his organization and his thoughts on the importance of farming education for...
Fred UnLEEshed!

Fred UnLEEshed!

Fred UnLEEshed: Sept. 19, 2017 Fred Lee highlights Fresh Roots, the Pacific Autism Network and Chinatown BBQ Fred Lee / Vancouver Courier SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 06:00 AM FARM TO SCHOOL: Combining urban agriculture, local food and education, Fresh Roots is an innovative...
Season of Pruning and Trellising

Season of Pruning and Trellising

On leaving room and creating space. On pruning and trellising. On learning about learning. ~~~~~ “They’re called ‘suckers’ because they suck energy from the plant. Also because they just suck.” (Gaelan, teaching a friend’s little...

The SOYL Experience (so far)

This is the second week of SOYL and I’ve been having an excellent time! Throughout the program so far, I’ve made new friends and also got to learn more about gardening and farming. I hope further in the program I’ll be able to enhance friendships and...

Coolrabi

SOYL  has been a really fun experience thus far ( re: this is only my THIRD DAY doing SOYL ), and I’m so happy I took this great opportunity. There’s been a lot of gardening–weeding–and cooking, sharing stories and having laughs. It’s...
Alive! Magazine

Alive! Magazine

June 1, 2016 By Joshua Duvauchelle @joshduv www.epicjosh.com If you ate today, you can thank Canada’s farmers. Unfortunately, our farming is in peril as aging farmers retire. Meanwhile, experts warn that a lack of appreciation for where our food comes from is...
Gnome More Gnome!

Gnome More Gnome!

Garden gnomes might eat your crops But no worries, I’ve got something that stops those pesky hands from digging in It’s mustard greens, spicy as sin When those gnomes eat mustard greens It blows them into smithereens.