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Important information on how to become a 2024 FLEX Member.

Weekly takeout "Meals with a mission" featuring chef-prepared Farm to Fork menu on Tuesdays or Flatbread Friday artisan specialties.

You'll have access to our entertaining & educational children's film episodes teaching how good foods nourish our bodies and minds. >Go to Education Tab>Scroll down Program listings to Farm to School>click on "Learn More"

Weekly information on what our farmstand has rolling off the land.

Aug 201 min read

Website Updates

Common Roots has been providing fresh vegetables, food education, and food equity to the citizens of the South Burlington area for 17...

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Mark your Calendars For The 2024 Abenaki Land Link Festival! ~Saturday, August 10th, 2024 at The Wheeler Homestead~

Liz Spitler

Jul 140 min read

Mark your Calendars For The 2024 Abenaki Land Link Festival! ~Saturday, August 10th, 2024 at The Wheeler Homestead~

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Jun 103 min read

Abenaki Gateway Garden and Unceded Abenaki Territory Acknowledgement

We live and learn on unceded Abenaki territory. Let us acknowledge that this land Ndakinna was and is to this moment inhabited by the...

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Register your child for Common Roots Summer Camp today!

Apr 221 min read

Spots are quickly filling up, so if you're considering signing your child up for a second, or third week of camp now is the time! To be...

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Apr 31 min read

Website Updates

Thank you for your patience while we make improvements to our website. If you notice any problems during this process feel free to reach...

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Liz Spitler

Feb 161 min read

WHAT EXACTLY IS A FLEX MEMBERSHIP?

The Common Roots Flex Membership can be used at The Wheeler House for Farm to Fork Tuesdays, Flatbread Fridays, and Comfort Food Fridays....

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Liz Spitler

Feb 71 min read

BE SOMEONE'S VALENTINE THIS YEAR❣️

PAY IT FORWARD..make someone feel Nourished, Valued AND LOVED. Donate Today... Givebutter.com/wenourishuflourish

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A Centering Maple Movement Activity for you and the kids!

Liz Spitler

Apr 4, 20232 min read

A Centering Maple Movement Activity for you and the kids!

Maple Farm to School Lesson By Nora Scully (Former COMMON ROOTS Intern) The March Farm to School Lesson was all about the sweetness of...

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Liz Spitler

Jul 16, 20212 min read

Signs of Healing in the Land

By JoAnne Dennee, Common Roots Land Educator At Common Roots this week, we are celebrating Head Farmer Fae Blackmer, Land Manager Reese...

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The Vermont Food Revolution Solution for 2021

Liz Spitler

Apr 21, 20213 min read

The Vermont Food Revolution Solution for 2021

by Liz Spitler Vermont Food Shelves grapple to keep pace as the pandemic drags on. In South Burlington, one out of four of our neighbors...

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"Pluck a single thing from Nature~you'll see it is attached to the rest of the World!" ~John Muir

Liz Spitler

Apr 14, 20213 min read

"Pluck a single thing from Nature~you'll see it is attached to the rest of the World!" ~John Muir

Hear from Common Root's Land Educator JoAnne Dennee on how our community members are honoring our Earth...and how you can too! Earth Day...

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In a Tree House~by 13th Century Persian Poet~Hafiz

Liz Spitler

Mar 28, 20211 min read

In a Tree House~by 13th Century Persian Poet~Hafiz

Light will someday split you open even if your life is now a cage, For a divine seed, the crown of destiny, is hidden and sown on an...

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Liz Spitler

Mar 28, 20211 min read

Harness the Force of Nature Indoors

~HOW TO FORCE BRANCHES TO BLOOM If you have a tree or shrub in your yard that flowers in the Spring (Cherry, Crabapple, Forsythia, Lilac,...

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Liz Spitler

Mar 13, 20212 min read

MAPLE MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT

Maple Moon March 20 is the Spring Equinox heralding the season the Abenaki call Maple or Sap Moon. It is a time for gratitude, a maple...

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Liz Spitler

Mar 2, 20213 min read

Circle of Recovery in our Backyard

Essential workers are recently being recognized as integral to our life support, rightly so, and finally! Perhaps you, like us, might...

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"WE ARE PARTNERS WITH YOU IN COMMUNITY WELLNESS!"

Liz Spitler

Mar 2, 20211 min read

"WE ARE PARTNERS WITH YOU IN COMMUNITY WELLNESS!"

What is R.O.P Certification? When you visit the Common Roots Farmstand and see the R.O.P. certification symbol it verifies that we honor...

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The sweetest signs of spring. Some interesting facts about Maple 🍁 Did you know...

Liz Spitler

Mar 2, 20211 min read

The sweetest signs of spring. Some interesting facts about Maple 🍁 Did you know...

1. It takes about 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of finished maple syrup ...Most trees only yield between 10 and 15 gallons sap in...

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