by ops | Jun 26, 2023 | Press
EVENTS This Awesome Vancouver Long-Table Dinner Is in Danger of Being Cancelled The annual Fresh Roots Schoolyard Harvest Dinner is July 6—get tickets now or miss your chance. By Alyssa Hirose / June 23, 2023 Vancouver nonprofit Fresh Roots announced yesterday that...
by ops | Jun 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
FRESH ROOTS AT RISK OF CANCELLING FUNDRAISER: ‘SCHOOLYARD HARVEST LONGTABLE DINNER’, HAPPENING JULY 6TH Purchase your tickets now for the ‘Schoolyard Harvest Longtable Dinner’ benefitting Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society’s youth programs Vancouver B.C., June 21,...
by ops | May 31, 2023 | Stories from the Field
Last month, in celebration the 10th anniversary of Fresh Roots’ first schoolyard farm, we held an Earth Day Birthday Bash on April 25, 2023 at the Vancouver Technical schoolyard farm, gathering together as a community where it all started. Our hearts are full after a...
by Fresh Roots | May 24, 2023 | Experiential Learning, Stories from the Field
At Grandview¿uuqinak’uuh Elementary School, we are in full swing with spring growth. This is the perfect time to look back at the seeds we’ve planted since the beginning of the year to get to this point where the students are harvesting, cooking, and connecting...
by ops | May 16, 2023 | Stories from the Field
Our 2022 Impact Report with you is fresh off the press! Click on the image below to view. Here’s a sneak peak from Alexa Pitoulis, our Executive Director at Fresh Roots: “An important reflection that repeatedly emerges in our strategic conversations is...
by ops | May 1, 2023 | Announcement, Stories from the Field
Named “The Most Worthy Longtable Dinner of the Summer” by Vancouver Magazine in 2019, the Fresh Roots Schoolyard Harvest Longtable Dinner is back after a 3-year hiatus. Get your tickets to our most anticipated annual fundraiser before they sell...
by ops | Feb 28, 2023 | Stories from the Field
By Vivian Cheung, Operations & Digital Engagement Specialist As you may know, 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the partnership between Fresh Roots and the Vancouver School Board, the creation and the stewardship of the schoolyard farm at Vancouver Technical...
by ops | Feb 27, 2023 | Stories from the Field, Suwa'lkh
By Jaimie Rosenwirth, Suwa’lkh Environmental Education Program Lead The students at Suwa’lkh have a leadership class, during that class they are working in the garden once/twice a week. I have asked them to write about what they are enjoying and what they hope to see...
by ops | Feb 27, 2023 | Norquay Field House, Stories from the Field
Hello! It’s been a while since I’ve made an update from the Norquay Park fieldhouse, so I hope you’re doing well and staying warm in the final hurrah of winter. For me, I’ve been bustling around in between the office and the virtual work of operations and digital...
by ops | Feb 15, 2023 | Stories from the Field
Fresh Roots is thrilled to welcome the 89 new organizations who have joined Community Food Centres Canada’s Good Food Organization (GFO) program this year. Together, this growing network of 400 organizations is fighting for action on the pressing issues of food...
