Common Roots has two kinds of partners: farm partners who support our mission of connecting communities with their food, and business partners who provide financial or in-kind support for our mission. Our business partners are listed below. Our partner farms are the Bread and Butter Farm, The Farm at South Village, and Rockville Farm Market.
Located in Barre, Vermont, Anthony Sweet Designs has been creating websites and giving businesses and organizations a web presence since 2005. Our projects have ranged from simple informational websites using HTML and CSS to complex dynamic websites using MySQL and PHP.
Anthony Sweet Designs created and coded the Common Roots website. They have also donated hosting services free of charge.
http://www.anthonysweetdesigns.com
Kindred Design is a graphic design & marketing studio with 20 years experience creating, designing and implementing brands that create true believers. We do this through insightful brand consulting and a broad array of design services including print, packaging, tradeshow environments and displays and website design.
Steve Redmond, the studio's creative director, has supported the Common Roots mission through lending his marketing, design and art direction services to the organization at no charge.
http://www.kindredesign.com/
SCORE
Champlain Valley SCORE is an all-volunteer organization serving Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, and Addison counties with a new branch in Rutland. Counselors with extensive and wide-ranging business experience provide face-to-face and online counseling for new and existing businesses and present workshops and seminars covering topics from how to write a business plan to Internet marketing to business valuations.
http://www.score284.org/site/
The Forrest and Frances Lattner Foundation
The Lattner Family Foundation supports work that builds on the legacy and values of founder Forrest C. Lattner. The Foundation supports creative and innovative programs that encourage hope and personal responsibility in chosen areas of giving. The Foundation looks for projects which advance solutions and inspire others to contribute.
Common Roots' Community Supported Agriculture Food Assistance Program is funded by the Forrest and Frances Lattner Foundation. This program is gaining recognition among community members, and allows Common Roots to connect low-income families in Chittenden County with local farmers by providing families with a CSA share.
http://lattnerfoundation.org/