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We Built a School Farm! We have a New Farmer!

by Fresh Roots | Apr 4, 2013 | Stories from the Field

Schoolyard Market Garden Established! It’s true! So many exciting happenings with Fresh Roots these days… Our Schoolyard Market Garden establishment at VanTech Secondary School was a great success and so much fun. Tons of people came out, shoveled and...
CBC: Schoolyard market garden sprouts up at Vancouver school

CBC: Schoolyard market garden sprouts up at Vancouver school

by Fresh Roots | Mar 25, 2013 | Press, Stories from the Field

“Schoolyard market garden sprouts up at Vancouver school A first-of-its-kind school yard market garden is sprouting up at a Vancouver high school. Students at Vancouver Technical Secondary spent the weekend spreading soil for a new quarter-acre garden.”...

Fresh Roots School Farm Build March 23 and 24

by Fresh Roots | Mar 11, 2013 | Stories from the Field

Hello Friends of Fresh Roots! We are establishing a school farm this month! It’s been in the works for over two years and the time is now upon us! The first of its kind in Canada! And we’d love for you to come out and join us! In collaboration and...
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We have the privilege and honour to work on this land that is not ours. This is the ancestral and unceded homelands of the kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), stó:lō (Sto:lo), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh), qiqéyt (Qayqayt), and sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) Coast Salish peoples. As settlers, as farmers, and as educators, we acknowledge the harm that farming and schooling has done to Indigenous Peoples and the land across this region. We work towards ongoing reconciliation as listeners, food sharers, and land stewards.

    

Thank You for Growing with Fresh Roots

Fresh Roots has cultivated learning and leadership countless children and youth to learn about land and food systems, build leadership skills, and grow confidence. We have strengthened connections between schools and food systems, provided tens of thousands of pounds of fresh vegetables to our community, and played a central role as a community builder. We are deeply proud of what we’ve built together and the impact it has had.

Like many community-based non-profits, Fresh Roots has faced ongoing sustainability challenges. After careful consideration of what our resources can realistically support, the Board of Directors has made the painful decision to wind down Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society.

In light of this decision, all growing and programming is paused indefinitely.

We hope the seeds of change we have planted together will continue to nourish our community, even as they take root in new ways.

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