The Tyee made a Fresh Roots Video
The Tyee has put together a wonderful video on Fresh Roots! “Gardens are increasingly common features of Canadian schoolyards. But Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society is taking the idea to the next level: bringing their produce to market. Over the last two years,...
Creative Mornings Hosts Talk With Our Co-Directors Marc and Ilana
Creative Mornings hosted a talk with Fresh Roots at the Dodson Conference Centre. They posted the video of this talk online! Watching the video is a great way to learn about our history and the importance of food in building a better and more resilient community....
Fresh Roots featured in HuffPost BC
Vancouver Food Forest? Not Yet Says City Councillor “Can Vancouver’s ambitious food strategy turn the “City of Glass” truly green? In January, City Hall passed an aggressive plan focused on building sustainable food systems, prioritizing urban food...
Let’s Grow A Schoolyard Farm!
Let us build a farm! Changing one school at a time Grow good food for all Hello Everyone! We are thrilled to announce that in partnership with Vancity, the Real Estate Foundation of BC, the Vancouver Foundation, the City of Vancouver, and the Vancouver School Board...We Built a School Farm! We have a New Farmer!
Schoolyard Market Garden Established! It’s true! So many exciting happenings with Fresh Roots these days… Our Schoolyard Market Garden establishment at VanTech Secondary School was a great success and so much fun. Tons of people came out, shoveled and...
CBC: Schoolyard market garden sprouts up at Vancouver school
“Schoolyard market garden sprouts up at Vancouver school A first-of-its-kind school yard market garden is sprouting up at a Vancouver high school. Students at Vancouver Technical Secondary spent the weekend spreading soil for a new quarter-acre garden.”...Fresh Roots School Farm Build March 23 and 24
Hello Friends of Fresh Roots! We are establishing a school farm this month! It’s been in the works for over two years and the time is now upon us! The first of its kind in Canada! And we’d love for you to come out and join us! In collaboration and...
Van Tech Market Garden in the Vancouver Sun
The Vancouver sun has written about our efforts to bring an outdoor classroom to Vancouver Technical Secondary. “Fruit and vegetable gardens at public schools aren’t new. What is new is creating a commercial operation that doubles as an outdoor classroom on...