Fresh Roots Van Tech Farmer's Market

Fresh Roots Van Tech Farmer's Market

Join us for our weekly summer market in Vancouver to buy fresh, ultra-local veggies grown by youth on schoolyard farms - Wednesday 3 - 7pm!

By Fresh Roots

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Wednesday, June 12 · 3 - 6:30pm PDT

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Van Tech Schoolyard Farm

Van Tech Schoolyard Farm Vancouver, BC V5M 1Y5 Canada

About this event

You're invited! Starting May 29th, join us at Van Tech Secondary School in East Vancouver to support our learning programs by buying fresh, ultra-local produce grown, harvested, and sold by youth on schoolyard farms. In addition to freshly harvested produce like tomatoes, garlic, beets, kale, carrots and more, there are also a limited quantity of youth-prepared summer bouquets available. Our markets are one of our key learning opportunities for SOYL youth to gain invaluable pre-employment skills with all proceeds going back to our programming, so come and say hello to the youth who steward the veggies you purchase on the site where it is grown!


Location: Van Tech Secondary School schoolyard farm (2600 E Broadway)

Dates: Every Wednesday, May 29th to October 9th

Times: 3:00 to 7:00 pm


About Fresh Roots

Our schoolyard farms are the fertile ground for both delicious food and powerful learning. We envision resilient, sustainable and equitable food systems which support human growth and connection. To bring that vision to life, we cultivate educational farms and place-based programs where youth develop healthy relationships with food, land and community through growing and sharing food that nourishes themselves, their communities and the planet! To learn more about Fresh Roots, visit our website.


About the Good Food Program

The Fresh Roots Farm Team cares for two ~½ acre farms on secondary school grounds in Vancouver. The farms produce annual vegetables, flowers, and herbs which are sold at our markets and through a CSA, are used by kids and youth in our programs, and contribute to food security programs. We strive to foster growing space that models sustainable ecosystems and acts as the living classroom for our education programs.

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VISION

Good Food For All! 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, restaurants, 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.

  • 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.