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Local food starts here! – A focus on CSA

Local food starts here! – A focus on CSA

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....
FARMER’S LOG, SEED DATE OCTOBER 26, 2022

FARMER’S LOG, SEED DATE OCTOBER 26, 2022

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...
FARMER’S LOG, SEED DATE AUGUST 12, 2022

FARMER’S LOG, SEED DATE AUGUST 12, 2022

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...
FARMER’S LOG, SEED DATE JULY 1, 2022

FARMER’S LOG, SEED DATE JULY 1, 2022

by ops | Jul 18, 2022 | Farmer's Log, Stories from the Field

WOW, welcome to the busiest moment at Fresh Roots. The week of July 4th is when all of our summer youth programming starts up – SOYL Internships in Vancouver, Delta & Coquitlam – and the EL Summer Camp at David Thompson. It’s also the week of our epic,...
Suwa’lkh means ‘New Beginnings’ in the Hul’qumi’num language

Suwa’lkh means ‘New Beginnings’ in the Hul’qumi’num language

by ops | Mar 17, 2022 | Stories from the Field, Suwa'lkh

by Jaimie Rosenwirth, Suwa’lkh Environmental Education Program Lead My name is Jaimie and I am the Suwa’lkh Environmental Education Program Lead. I have been volunteering with Fresh Roots since 2018 with an individual with autism. We both currently still volunteer up...
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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.

    

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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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