by Fresh Roots | Jun 17, 2020 | Press
Vancouver non-profits, chefs, businesses, and residents have donated time and food to make sure local families in need are fed during the COVID-19 crisis May 25, 2020 AM By Lindsay William-Ross When schools across the province weren’t able to welcome students...
by Fresh Roots | Jun 17, 2020 | Press
MAY 12, 2020 What started last fall as a Vancouver-based educational in-school meal program has shifted in this time of crisis to offer students and their families delicious, healthy, chef-prepared meals out of school. LunchLAB has partnered with Fresh Roots and...
by Fresh Roots | Jun 17, 2020 | Press
Randy Shore Publishing date: April 28, 2020 There is no shortage of hungry people to feed in a city hobbled by the COVID-19 lockdown and that has spawned a massive network of people working for the common good. LunchLAB launched last year to show kids how to grow and...
by Fresh Roots | Feb 25, 2020 | Press
Do you get a little thrill when you bite into a freshly picked, ultra-local carrot? Is the idea of creating urban spaces for learning, sharing and connecting something that excites you and makes your heart grow a size or two? How about being part of a community that...
by Alexa Pitoulis | Dec 13, 2019 | Press
Marc Schutzbank, who heads the Fresh Roots student-farming programs, received $13,000 from charity-funding Give A Damn founder Martin McNish. By MALCOLM PARRY / PNG for the Vancouver Sun DAMN RIGHT: Odlum Brown portfolio manager Martin McNish and others gave charity...
by Alexa Pitoulis | Oct 28, 2019 | Press
Food Tank: September 2019 School meals can be one of the most important sources of nutrition for children around the world. The U.N. World Food Programme estimates that nearly half of all schoolchildren in low- and middle-income nations — about 310 million kids — eat...
