Announcing New Partnership with FoodShare Toronto!20230427114951
Announcing New Partnership with FoodShare Toronto!
April 27, 2023
Announcing New Partnership with FoodShare Toronto! Starting May 6, 2023, Building Roots will be partnering with FoodShare Toronto as the main supplier...
Our PWYC Market is a place of joy, sharing, friendship, and sometimes– conflict20230426101327
Our PWYC Market is a place of joy, sharing, friendship, and sometimes– conflict
April 26, 2023
Our PWYC Market is a place of joy, sharing, friendship, and sometimes– conflict By Amy Rumbolt, Manager, Food Programs & Social Responsibility Whe...
Volunteers from the V Hongkongers Group at the Moss Park Market20230302081802
Volunteers from the V Hongkongers Group at the Moss Park Market
March 2, 2023
Volunteers from the V Hongkongers Group at the Moss Park Market On a cold winter Saturday in late February, the Moss Park Market was bustling with man...
Ackee & Saltfish: The Jamaican dish that went where others feared20230201100033
Ackee & Saltfish: The Jamaican dish that went where others feared
February 1, 2023
If food tells the story of a culture, then the choice of ackee and saltfish as Jamaica’s national dish should speak volumes to the bravado, showiness ...
Community caring in Toronto’s east end20230127141944
Community caring in Toronto’s east end
January 27, 2023
I was walking eastward on Dundas East near Parliament Street. A friendly man walking alongside me began making conversation. It came up that we both p...
Students bring hope for the future20230117091207
Students bring hope for the future
January 17, 2023
Message from Dustin Stern, our Director of Creative Programming: “The students from YEA’s brainstorm today at Opera Makers on what they would ch...
We’re hiring: Director of Development & Communications20230111104158
We’re hiring: Director of Development & Communications
January 11, 2023
Job Posting: Director of Development & Communications Location: Remote with occasional on-site activities in east end Toronto Effective: ASAP Empl...
Building Roots Programming Highlight for 202220221222014818
Building Roots Programming Highlight for 2022
December 22, 2022
When Dustin Stern, Director of Creative Programming, was asked what his highlight of 2022 was, he submitted this piece: “The Moss Park Market Qu...
2022 in review for Moss Park Market20221222014529
2022 in review for Moss Park Market
December 22, 2022
This year we did a lot of neighbourhood connecting! We made intentional relationships with those around us. Some of our most impactful moments were wi...
The season of lights20221220095031
The season of lights
December 20, 2022
The season of lights is upon us – from Macau to Taipei, Lyon, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Berlin, Bangkok, Niagara Falls – the countries are not the only ones t...