Simply put, we need a new farm truck. Help Fresh Roots raise $25,000 before the growing season ramps up on May 1st! Learn more & donate: https://buff.ly/4aJr0M3
Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society
Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Vancouver, BC 774 followers
FRESH ROOTS GROWS MORE THAN GARDENS—WE GROW COMMUNITIES
About us
VISION Growing food, growing community! We envision a world where everyone has access to healthy food, land, and community. MISSION We cultivate engaging gardens and programs that catalyze healthy eating, ecological stewardship, and community celebration. WHAT WE DO We enact our mission through Schoolyard Market Gardens, educational farms we utilize as pathways to youth empowerment and employment. We facilitate outdoor experiential learning with teachers and students, mentor youth leaders through garden clubs and summer programming, host internships for high school aged youth fostering self-confidence, leadership and employment skills, and empower Vancouverites to grow their own food through our volunteer programs. All our food is sold into the school community; into cafeterias, food access programs, restuarants, and to our neighbours. We also work with other schools and organizations to develop their own market gardens and associated programming. We are a thought leader in institutional food systems change and outdoor experiential learning. Our beliefs drive us towards our vision and direct our activities. We believe that good, healthy food is a right for all people. We believe that food is an inspiring and mobilizing force for good. We believe that education is the first step towards positive personal and systems change. We believe that healthy food systems are dependent upon a healthy environment and empowered communities. We believe that how we work together is as important as the work we do. We believe that collective action is imperative to food systems change.
- Website
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http://www.freshroots.ca
External link for Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society
- Industry
- Food and Beverage Manufacturing
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Vancouver, BC
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2011
- Specialties
- Educational Schoolyard Farms, Youth Empowerment, Food Education, Good Food, Healthy Food, Field Trips, Team Building Programs, Workshops, Educational Farm Design, Salad Box Program, Community Events, and Community Engagement
Locations
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5050 Wales St
Vancouver, BC V5R 3M6, CA
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2600 E Broadway
Vancouver, BC V5M 1Y5, CA
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1755 E 55th Ave
Vancouver, BC V5P 1Z7, CA
Employees at Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society
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Kat Vriesema-Magnuson
Director of Experiential Learning Programs at Fresh Roots
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Andrea Lucy
Experiential Learning Program Lead at Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society
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Heather Kelsall
Manager of Governance and Executive Operations
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Camille Flanjak
Director of Farm & Operations at Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society
Updates
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Fresh Roots is hiring a Communications & Operations Manager: https://lnkd.in/eKKysj4
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We are honoured to have Sherry Stevenson, Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society Executive Director, appear today before the Committee of Finance at the House of Commons to urge the members to support the Budget Implementation Act for Canada’s National School Food program. Thank you MP Don Davies for the opportunity and shoutout to the Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada), Public Health Association of BC, Brent Mansfield, Debbie Field, and Growing Chefs for your efforts in this important work!
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What a RAD day for our FIRST Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society MARKET of 2024! You’re invited to join us at our Vancouver School Board schoolyard farm at Van Tech Secondary (2600 E Broadway in Vancouver) every Wednesday starting TODAY from 3pm to 7pm 🌱 We also have our Suwa’lkh market at our SD43 EDUCATION FOUNDATION schoolyard farm (1432 Brunette Ave in Coquitlam) starting TOMORROW that runs every Thursday from 3pm to 6pm
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Join us on June 15th at the David Thompson schoolyard farm for a Father’s Day Big Help! Drop by anytime between 1pm to 4pm with your father and father-like figures to volunteer and dig into community through gardening tasks to help create an accessible learning space that supports kids and youth learning on schoolyard farms. More info: https://buff.ly/4bCy9hr Have questions? Email camille@freshroots.ca!
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It’s official… Our weekly Vancouver markets are moving to Van Tech! Starting May 29th, you’re invited to join us on every week at 2600 E Broadway on Wednesdays from 3pm to 7pm to load up on ultra-local schoolyard produce where it was grown and harvested by our talented farmers We’re also back to Suwa’lkh School (1432 Brunette Ave) for market every Thursday starting May 30th! Photo credit: Shane Ward
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Renfrew-Collingwood Food Justice is looking for 12 more Vancouver CSA members before May 31st to save their Community Care Harvest Box Program from risk of cancellation! When you sign up, you receive a weekly share of fresh, locally grown vegetables from Fresh Roots and more goodies, PLUS you help a low-income family referred by Collingwood Neighbourhood House staff will receive the same share at a highly subsidized rate. Sign up for one or both 10-week seasons: 🌱 Early Season: May 31st - August 2nd 🌱 Late Season: August 9th - October 11th The CCHB Pick-up will occur from 4-6pm on Fridays at the front entrance to Collingwood Neighbourhood House, 5288 Joyce Street. If you have any questions, please email foodhub@cnh.bc.ca. Sign up through the link: https://buff.ly/3YT8PxE
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ONE FLOWER CSA LEFT! Take advantage of our 10% discount for this subscription, which ends on June 1st. Through this CSA, enjoy 10 weeks of farm-fresh flower bouquets from our Van Tech schoolyard farm, arranged by SOYL youth as part of their agricultural skills building program. Find our Flower CSAs on our website store: https://buff.ly/3SfJjAY
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JOB OPENING! Fresh Roots is hiring seasonal farm field crew in Vancouver starting this month. Application review will commence immediately on a rolling basis. If you love growing and sharing food with your community, being outside with a team, and working with youth, this might be the position for you. This is an entry-level Field Crew position designed to empower new farmers to maintain the ½ acre site they will cultivate through the season. Farm, site, and task specific training will be provided throughout the season.
Field Crew- Good Food Farm Team