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 | Oct 5, 2021 | Farmer's Log, Stories from the Field
Welcome to the final month of operation for the 2021 Fresh Roots Farm Season. This month we are undertaking lots of soil TLC so we have a nice, healthy biome in the spring, ready for our seeds and transplants. The only thing we actually plant this late in the season...
by Alexa Pitoulis | Nov 25, 2016 | Press
Learning about Food, Sustainability, and Leadership on Schoolyard Farms by Nichole Bruce, SOYL Graduate When I accepted the placement at SOYL this summer, I didn’t quite know what to expect. Some of my friends had done it the summer before and said it was a lot...
by Fresh Roots | May 13, 2016 | Announcement, SOYL Stories
Fresh Roots and UBC Faculty of Education’s Intergenerational Landed Learning program have been excitedly collaborating and planning to produce our most exciting year of SOYL youth programming yet! The SOYL summer employment and leadership program empowers...
by SOYL Youth | Aug 14, 2015 | Stories from the Field
Big and small. Small and Big. Never one-size-fits all. ~~~~~ Harvest News A smaller harvest this week meant enjoying the unfamiliar feeling of being unrushed. ‘Twas much appreciated! We’re back to small salad turnips! It was a bit weird handling...
