by Alexa Pitoulis | Jun 24, 2019 | Events, Press
Neal McLennan, Food Editor for Vancouver Magazine, writes, “It’s tough to know where to start the gushing thread with Vancouver’s Fresh Roots,” and then proceeds to gush all about Fresh Roots programs and our upcoming dinner in the world’s sweetest...
by Alexa Pitoulis | Apr 29, 2019 | Press, SOYL Stories, Stories from the Field
Don Davies is introducing legislation entitled the “School Food Program for Children Act,” requiring the Minister of Health, in consultation with provincial governments and other relevant stakeholders, to develop a school food program to ensure that all...
by Alexa Pitoulis | Mar 26, 2019 | Press, Stories from the Field
Michael Newman of Global TV explores how Fresh Roots and other local charities are engaging in ensuring that all people have access to healthy food. With rising food prices and continuous economic pressures, the problem of hunger is one that has greatly affected the...
by Alexa Pitoulis | Mar 15, 2019 | Events, Press, Stories from the Field
On March 8, kids across the BC took part in the “Great Big Crunch for Healthy School Food Day,” as proclaimed by Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart. Global News was there to record the crunch heard across BC!
by Alexa Pitoulis | Aug 3, 2018 | Press
Fred Lee’s Social Network: Rooted in Goodness by Fred Lee Last year’s Fresh Roots inaugural long table dinner was held inside the hallways of David Thompson Secondary School due to inclement weather. This year, Mother Nature cooperated and the sophomore...
by Alexa Pitoulis | Mar 24, 2018 | Press
by Ian Jacques / Delta Optimist March 2nd The knowledge base for the grade 10 to 12 students at the Farm Roots Mini School will continue to grow thanks to a recent donation from the Delta Farmers’ Institute. Last month Delta farmers Nancy Chong, Alicia Guichon,...
