by ops | Nov 28, 2023 | Stories from the Field
✨ REASON #1 to donate to Fresh Roots this giving season: Growing Food & Community ✨ DONATE HERE: https://freshroots.ca/its-thyme-year-end-fundraiser/ Introduction As we near the end of the 10th anniversary of Fresh Roots’ schoolyard farms, it’s THYME...
by ops | Nov 9, 2023 | Norquay Field House
By Vivian Cheung, Operations & Digital Engagement Specialist And just like that, another growing season has passed by at Fresh Roots. If you missed my pre-season Norquay fieldhouse reflections, you can read them HERE. Although many associate the life of Fresh...
by ops | Nov 3, 2023 | SOYL Stories
By Carolina Diaz, 2023 SOYL Facilitator Vancouver The impact of SOYL, which stands for Sustainable Opportunities for Youth Leadership, is easy to measure in the number of participants in the program or the kilograms of food harvested and distributed. However, it is...
by ops | Oct 25, 2023 | Announcement, Job Opportunities
Dear Community, It is with deep gratitude that we share the news of Alexa’s departure as Executive Director. Alexa has been the roots of Fresh Roots for the past three years, bringing stability, sustainability, and focus in a time of change and uncertainty. The Board...
by ops | Oct 5, 2023 | Stories from the Field
By Tathali Urueta-Ortiz, Youth Empowerment Manager It is the beginning of the fall, and at Fresh Roots, we are reflecting on all the summer learning experiences! This year, Fresh Roots is partnering with ReFeed Canada, a Canadian company that focuses on repairing the...
by ops | Oct 4, 2023 | Science Odyssey, Stories from the Field, Suwa'lkh
By Jaimie Rosenwirth, Suwa’lkh Lead This spring for Science Odyssey, we partnered with Coquitlam Heritage at Mackin House. Check out the video below! We worked with the Suwa’lkh School leadership class to set up a native plant garden at Mackin House near their...
by Fresh Roots | Sep 27, 2023 | Experiential Learning, Recipes, Stories from the Field
By Andrea Lucy, Experiential Learning Program Lead Cooking with kids can be chaotic, fun, challenging, exhausting, and rewarding. Not every recipe will turn out perfectly; vegetables will be oddly cut and measurements may be skewed, but that’s okay! It’s the...
by ops | Sep 19, 2023 | Stories from the Field
CBC’s LunchLAB film highlights Canada’s opportunities and responsibilities to advance student health and wellbeing Summary LunchLAB, an innovative school food program developed by members of the Coalition for Healthy School Food, is featured in a new CBC...
by ops | Sep 19, 2023 | Stories from the Field
By Tathali Urueta-Ortiz, Youth Empowerment Manager Last market, we had tomatillos at the ICC market and customers did not know what they were and what to do with them. I am Mexican and in México, we use it to make salsa verse (yum!) This plant has been cultivated in...
by ops | Sep 15, 2023 | Norquay Field House, Press
Little house in the park: Vancouver’s fieldhouses bring all kinds of activities to their community September 9, 2021 Park People This contribution from Christopher Cheung is part of Park People’s 10 Years Together in City Parks. The series has been edited by Dylan...
