Vancouver Technical Secondary

Fresh Roots works with VanTech Secondary to achieve Good Food For All – everyone should have access to healthy food, soil, and community. We enact that vision by cultivating engaging gardens and programs that catalyze healthy eating, ecological stewardship, and community celebration. Fresh Roots stewards a half acre Schoolyard Market Garden at VanTech Secondary Secondary School. The food grown is eaten in local school cafeterias, various Neighbourhood House food security initiatives, and by neighbours. The fields are hands-on learning classrooms; engaging school communities and residents of Vancouver in addressing food security, community health, and vocational skills development. A grant from the Whole Kids Foundation has supported the expansion of our schoolyard programing with home economics classes. Our goal is to integrate cooking in the classroom with growing outside the classroom - thereby increasing familiarity with healthy fresh foods, food literacy skills, and helping students choose Good Food!