by Alexa Pitoulis | Dec 7, 2017 | Press
From the city comes a new generation of young farmers by Jess Mackie November 20, 2017 Students grow food on a Fresh Roots farm in Vancouver. Photo: Fresh Roots. Farming is rooted deep in Dave Semmelink’s heritage. His father and grandfather were both farmers in South...
by Alexa Pitoulis | Nov 7, 2017 | Press
By Diane Strandberg / Tri-City News JUNE 10, 2017 09:00 AM Fresh Roots executive director Mark Schutzbank, left, and Malcolm Key, aboriginal youth program co-ordinator for School District 43, explore the land around the Suwa’lkh School in Coquitlam that will be used...
by Alexa Pitoulis | Oct 27, 2017 | Press
by: Cory Correia Vancouver Coastal Health has developed an online map that helps people who struggle to pay for healthy food get access to what they need. The Vancouver Food Asset Map, developed with help from local partners, can help users find low-cost or free...
by Alexa Pitoulis | Oct 27, 2017 | Press
by Daily Hive Staff Vancouver Coastal Health’s Food Asset Map is a tool to find places where people grow, prepare, share, buy, receive and learn about food. And now, it’s inspiring others, like Devon Green, a Vancouver man in his mid-20s who knows what it’s like to be...
by Alexa Pitoulis | Mar 21, 2017 | Press, Stories from the Field
Check out what BC Business has to say about Executive Director Marc Schutzbank. (Photo Credit Evaan Kheraj) Marc Schutzbank, 29 by Marcie Good Life Story: Marc Schutzbank completed two bachelor’s degrees at the University of Pittsburgh, one in politics and philosophy...
by Alexa Pitoulis | Nov 29, 2016 | Press
By Danielle Nierenberg and Allyn Rosenberger Food and nutrition education can empower children to make healthy choices throughout their lives, but most schools do not incorporate food education into their curricula. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found...
