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Is there a place you’d like to see a pocket market this coming spring?
Office, school, recreation centre, community centre, community garden, public parking lot?
Welcome to FoodRoots
- FoodRoots is a not for profit co-op distributor of local naturally grown produce and foods processed in our region.
- FoodRoots is the link between growers, processors and you.
- FoodRoots is re-creating this important link in our food distribution system - a local food storage and distribution facility bringing local food closer to you
- Founding members of FoodRoots include a food security activist, a farmer and a retailer!
- Join us in forging this link! Become a member!
Vision Statement
- To promote a local sustainable food system by creating the infrastructure link between the eaters/consumers and the growers and processors in our region.
- To promote sustainable food grown and processed in the region. Sustainable food is grown naturally as close to home as possible. Certified Organic is our first choice
- To educate eaters/consumers about local agriculture and food security issues.
What We Do
Sustainable food is grown naturally in our local region. Why is it hard to find? One of the reasons is that there is no one working solely on distribution. Meeting farmers at markets and knowing who is growing your food is the best.
However, farmers cannot be at markets in every community, every day of the week. At FoodRoots Distributors Co-op, we’re recreating the middle ground in our local food distribution system.
Working with farmers, processors and retail members, FoodRoots will undertake crop planning with farmers, provide delivery and storage facilities and work to maximize our local food production by distributing local foods to communities through Pocket Markets and providing produce for small scale food processors.
“We are very proud of the produce we've grown this year for FoodRoots Pocket Markets. I look forward to sitting down with you this fall/winter to plan and talk about the future. The relationship with FoodRoots has given me a much needed shot of optimism about the future of my farm operations.”
—Graham Myer, Maple Groove Farm, North Cowichan
FoodRoots connects city folk to sustainability issues through Educational Events For the first two years Sustainable Fests were held the first Saturday of each month.
FoodRoots will gather produce and products from our local farmers and processors and make them available to the community through:
Pocket Markets
One or two tent markets with produce from many farms and processors in the Region. Offer a regular venue for community gardeners and urban farmers to sell their goods in the community.
Supply local produce and processed goods to:
- Schools
- Preschools
- Care Homes
- Community Events
Host a weekly or one time FoodRoots Pocket Market at your:
- Church, Synagogue, Temple
- Community Centre
- Special Event
- Co-op Housing
- Neighborhood Groups
- Service Club
- Condominium Association
Education
We will be providing regular opportunities for the community to gather together to learn more about our region’s food growers and processors and to discuss all issues related to food. We’ll do this over the dinner table!
Contact
Susan Tychie
250.595.6729
Lee Fuge
250.385.7974
Fruits and vegetables illustrations
by Joanne Thomson
www.joannethomson.com
