by Fresh Roots | Feb 19, 2025 | Farm Roots, Stories from the Field
The local food movement has been around for decades, but it has never carried the political weight that the challenges of 2025 have brought upon us. With soaring food prices, unpredictable weather patterns, and a decline in quality, things feel increasingly uncertain....
by Fresh Roots | Feb 24, 2022 | Experiential Learning, Farm Roots, Stories from the Field
By Andrea Lucy, Experiential Learning Program Lead Last year, we wrote about how weeds can be used as food and medicine. Now, I’m about to tell you that at Fresh Roots we remove most of our weeds. Surprised? We’ve got a problem — it’s as thick as a...
by SOYL Youth | Aug 2, 2018 | Farm Roots, Stories from the Field
There’s nothing like freshly rolled pizza doughs topped with fresh veg from the fields straight out of the oven! The SOYL youth at Farm Roots make a mean pizza, and all the leftover veg went into pasta sauce. We have been so busy growing, learning, and sharing...
by SOYL Youth | Jul 26, 2018 | Farm Roots
Harvesting Some Veggies By Annika There has been a lot of harvesting recently. I think it is mainly because there are a lot of markets and senior centers coming up. My market and senior center days are in August so I will be the last one to go to a market or senior...
by SOYL Youth | Jul 13, 2018 | Farm Roots
Wow, week two is in the books; we can hardly believe it. Spent the day building tables, seeding beets and drying beans, and cooking our signature bean and warm potato salad recipe with blueberry, blackberry crumble for dessert. What a terrific Thursday!...
by SOYL Youth | Jul 6, 2018 | Farm Roots, Stories from the Field
Week One A crazy awesome week has gone by here at the farm! Our SOYL program has begun and we are so excited to learn, grow, and share good food with our community. Here are the highlights of the week 🙂 Students cooking up the Farm Roots special, garic scape baked...
