Field Poetry – July 15, 2014
Zucchini’s growing Beg for grandmother’s recipe Warm bread smells again!
Farmer’s Log – July 8, 2014
You know summer is really here when the sunflowers start to open. Our farms just became even more beautiful this week. We’ll soon see dahlias, strawflowers, sweet peas and more flowers bursting with colour to brighten the day. We are also watching our zucchini...
Fresh Roots mentioned in CBC Vegetable Article
The CBC wrote a great article about a new bilingual seasonal choi guide, and mentioned Fresh Roots as one of the places to find this wonderful tool! “A local foundation wants Vancouverites to become more familiar with Chinese vegetables, hoping to build a...
Farmer’s Log – July 2, 2014
The first of this season’s garlic looks beautiful. We pulled a bunch of fresh heads this week for market and they are already huge! Hopefully over the next few weeks we’ll see them size up even more before curing for long term storage. This coming week...Field Poetry – July 2, 2014
Morning dew, and bright light sun; the summer season has begun dahlia flowers opened here complex coloured spiraled spheres Come and join our little band of farmers, thinkers – our team expands!
A Lovely Summer Evening at David Thompson
Plant. Harvest. Eat. Celebrate. You’ve been with us for the first two steps – come join us for the rest! On July 12, Join Fresh Roots for a Summer Evening in the Garden. Our good friends at FARMACIE will be hosting their third installment of their Long Table Dinner...
Fresh Roots Received the Vancouver Award of Excellence for Greenest City Leadership
We always knew students arm wrestling for broccoli in our schoolyard farms was an achievement. And on June 23 it was recognized by the City of Vancouver! Fresh Roots received a 2014 Vancouver Award of Excellence in Greenest City Leadership, as named by Mayor Gregor...
Farmer’s Log – June 25, 2014
We’ve had another busy week on the farms. Between harvesting, Good Food Markets, weeding and seeding we’ve managed to find time to nearly finish building our new walk-in cooler, which means we can provide even more food to our communities. With the Summer...