Hello & Welcome

Hello all, 

I can't tell you how happy it makes me that you have found your way to my website and are interested in what Locally Fed is doing. 

Let me introduce myself. My name is Severin Rolland-Berge, and I have lived in North Vancouver my whole life. I attended the Vancouver Waldorf School for elementary school and then STA for high school. After that I attended CapU for classical music, I play the cello (thanks, Waldorf!), and then made my way out to Trinity Western University in the Fraser Valley for the last 1.5 years of my undergrad to study Geography, which quickly morphed into the geography of food, and from there food systems and the rest is history. 

Throughout my undergrad, I worked at Sprout Organic Market in North Vancouver from 2012-2018, then jumped over to Discovery Organics in Vancouver from 2018-2020 and then again from 2021-2023. Between 2020 and 2021, in the thick of the pandemic, I decided to move my husband and I to Italy so that I could attend a masters program at the Slow Food university - The University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo, Italy. The program was new, and was titled Agroecology & Food Sovereignty. The program was very eye opening, I met wonderful people, and was able to do my thesis research back in Canada in the Pemberton Valley in BC. I worked with Laughing Crow Organics and their CSA members on eating bioregional food, how that strengthens sense of place, and the benefits of short food supply chains. 

Fast forward to now, my baby boy is almost a year old, time is flying by and I want to dip my toes back into the workforce, but want the flexibility to be able to do it with my son at my side. 

Our family came across Dana and her company Valley to Shore just two weeks before she closed. We met with her, chatted all about this venture, and decided to take a chance and create Locally Fed ourselves. The relationship with Fraser Valley producers, specifically Local Harvest and Windberry Farms was already forged, so I connected with them, laid out my plan, and now here we are! 

Bringing locally, regeneratively, sustainably, beyond organically grown food to the people and community I love so much is nothing short of an honour. What we eat matters, who we give our money to matters, how we feel connected to our community matters. I am so excited to be even a small part of the North Shore community & food scene, so thank you again for your support and for following along. 

Now, let's eat!

Xoxo, 

Severin