Summer jobs & Student jobs

Are you a youth under 30 looking for a summer job in 2026?

Whether it’s your first time entering the workforce or you’re looking to build on what you know, Fresh Roots has you covered with Multiple Seasonal Positions:

• Camp Facilitators
• SOYL Leadership Program Facilitators
• Farm & Market Workers

…and more!

Job Type: age 30 & under / summer
Organization: Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society
Locations: Fresh Roots Schoolyard Farm Sites, Metro Vancouver BC

Application Deadline: January 26, 2026. Expect phone or email screening Jan 27 - Feb 4 (20 mins). Group in-person interview planned for Saturday, February 7th, 2026 (90 mins)

To learn more about these positions please visit our website: freshroots.ca/jobs/

Apply: freshroots.bamboohr.com/careers 
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Working at Fresh Roots:

We believe that how we work together is as important as the work we do. That’s why we grow strong teams that foster change through learning, sharing, and development. Each year, we hire around 20 young people to help grow our farms and facilitate our learning programs through seasonal positions.

What is Fresh Roots?

Our schoolyard farms are the fertile ground for both delicious food and powerful learning. Founded by passionate farmers and food sharers in 2011, Fresh Roots has grown to practice and inspire not only sustainable, community-centered farming, but place-based experiential learning and youth empowerment. We provide kids and youth the space to explore what they are capable of while building deep relationships with food, the land, and each other. We provide meaningful employment experiences for the young adults we hire as farmers and educators, and prepare youth in our programs to step up into leadership positions.

We are part of an interconnected network of food growers, educators, and community members, who are working to create a just and sustainable food system. By partnering with schools and school districts, we take under-utilized land in heavily developed cities and transform it into thriving biodiverse agroecosystems. In doing so, we increase the availability of fresh local produce available to our neighbours. We also create dynamic inclusive learning spaces for people of all ages, but especially children and youth, to learn about food and the ecological and human systems that support the food we all depend on.

Our Vision

We envision resilient, sustainable and equitable food systems which support human growth and connection.

Our Mission

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!

Our Core Values

Our core values are at the heart of everything we do at Fresh Roots. They are joy, community, inclusivity, empowerment and lifelong learning.

Our Beliefs

Our beliefs drive us towards our vision and direct our activities. We believe that:

• Collective action is imperative for food systems change.
• Food is a right for all people.
• Food is an inspiring and mobilizing force for good.
• Relationship building through education is the first step toward positive personal and systems change.
• Healthy food systems are dependent upon a healthy environment and empowered communities.
• How we work together is as important as the work we do.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Decolonization

We are committed to an ongoing learning journey to better foster an anti-oppression and anti-racist lens throughout our work internally and externally. As settlers, as farmers, and as educators, we acknowledge the harm that farming and schooling has done to Indigenous Peoples and the land across this region. We work towards ongoing reconciliation as listeners, food sharers, and land stewards.

How to Apply

Fresh Roots is committed to employment equity and encourages applications from underrepresented groups.

Apply directly through our hiring platform, here: https://freshroots.bamboohr.com/careers

You will need a resume/description of past experience and your choice of: a short cover letter (500 words max) uploaded as a document, OR an introduction video (3 minutes max) linked in the “website, blog, or portfolio” line.

Your cover letter or video should introduce yourself and share why you are a good fit for this position. Please let your passion and personality shine!

Please note that we are not judging videos based on your video editing skills, and neither videos nor cover letters are preferred. Choose the option that is best for you.

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We regret that due to the high volume of applicants only those selected for interviews will be contacted.