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 ops | Apr 5, 2024 | Stories from the Field
IN TWO WEEKS! We’re urgently looking for volunteers to help us kick off the growing season in our first Big Help volunteer party of 2024: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/schoolyard-farm-volunteer-big-help-tickets-876050830617 Date: Tuesday, April 16th Drop-in Times: 4-6pm...
by ops | Feb 28, 2024 | Announcement
Hello to all Fresh Roots’ wonderful friends & community partners, I’m reaching out today to ask for help. We have had to vacate our cooler space and need a solution ASAP so that we can operate our market and CSAs this season starting May 15th, 2024. Without...
by ops | Oct 27, 2022 | Farmer's Log, Stories from the Field
It’s time to wrap things up on the farm. We had our last market of the season on Saturday and final CSA pickup the week before. Even though our plants aren’t melting away like they usually do at this time of the year, they have stopped producing and are ready for...
by ops | Aug 17, 2022 | Farmer's Log, Stories from the Field
Here I am, about two weeks late, at 6:30am on a Friday making another attempt at August’s farm blog. It’s not that I don’t enjoy telling a story – those who know me or have sat at a table in one of the restaurants I’ve worked at have their ears coated in my poetic...