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Our Programs

Farm to School (11 years)

  • Farm to School 600×400 Being Healthy Is
  • Farm to school 600×400 digging
  • Farm to School 600×400 Favorite Thing About Food
  • Farm to School 600×400 Favorite Thing About Food2
  • Farm to School 600×400 Healthy Food Is
  • Farm to School 600×400 taste test
  • Farm to School 600×400 Taste Test2
  • Farm to School – 600×400 eat grow smell
  • Farm to School 600×400 kale
  • Farm to School 600×400 taste test
  • Farm to School 600×400 Being Healthy Is
  • Farm to school 600×400 digging
  • Farm to School 600×400 Favorite Thing About Food
  • Farm to School 600×400 Favorite Thing About Food2
  • Farm to School 600×400 Healthy Food Is
  • Farm to School 600×400 taste test
  • Farm to School 600×400 Taste Test2
  • Farm to School – 600×400 eat grow smell
  • Farm to School 600×400 kale
  • Farm to School 600×400 taste test

Interactive lessons where children (preschool–grade 5) are empowered to learn land stewardship in school gardens and on our farm by growing, preparing, and tasting nourishing foods. We engage more than 60 preschool and classrooms monthly = 99,000 individual lessons.

Farm to Go (11 years)

  • farm to go 600×400 cooking
  • farm to go 600×400 cutting veggies
  • farm to go 600×400 dumping into pot
  • farm to go 600×400 stir the pot
  • farm to go 600×400 stir the stew
  • farm to go 600×400 the whole crew
  • farm to go 600×400 veggies
  • farm to go 600×400 jen w kids
  • farm to go 600×400 dumping into pot
  • farm to go 600×400 cooking
  • farm to go 600×400 cutting veggies
  • farm to go 600×400 dumping into pot
  • farm to go 600×400 stir the pot
  • farm to go 600×400 stir the stew
  • farm to go 600×400 the whole crew
  • farm to go 600×400 veggies
  • farm to go 600×400 jen w kids
  • farm to go 600×400 dumping into pot

Student-chef program (grades 6–8) instructs children as they prepare a balanced meal to take home for their families with recipes = 13,000 balanced meals.

Growing Food for Families (11 years)

Grows 40 selections of certified organic food for families who face food insecurity to select at the SB Food Shelf. In the past 11 years, Common Roots has offered organic shares of food to families identified by social workers in all five South Burlington schools = 26,400 individual shares.

UPDATED 2020 GOALS GIVEN THE INCREASED DEMAND AT FOOD SHELVES DURING THIS PANDEMIC:

  • Growing $20,000 in organic veggies and herbs, plus $2,000 in organic plant starts.  Anything not selected in South Burlington will go tot he “Feeding Chittenden” Food Shelf in Burlington (4 miles away)
  • The current coronavirus pandemic has caused Common Roots to increase our efforts to provide more food security by growing more certified organic food and plant starts on our Common Roots Farm at South Village for families and households to select with safe practices. Our nonprofit mission—now in our 11th year—is food education and access.
    In 2020, Common Roots will grow 33% more organic food, including veggie and herb plant starts for the South Burlington Food Shelf.

Growing Gardens (11 years)

  • growing gardens 400×600 boy w potato
  • growing gardens 400×600 potato
  • growing gardens 400×600 shovel
  • growing gardens 400×600
  • growing gardens 600×400 everyone in the dirt
  • growing gardens 600×400 harvesting
  • growing gardens 600×400 kids in dirt
  • growing gardens 600×400
  • growing gardens beans 600×400
  • growing gardens critter 600×400
  • growing gardens kids 600×400

In partnership with school, after-school, and summer programs, children visit our 48-organic raised-beds at the Farm at South Village = approximately 1,000 individuals annually.

 

Common Roots Farmstand at South Village (5 years)

Grows and sells 40 varieties of veggies and herbs on certified, organic, regenerative soils, open daily 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. May through November. Our goals are to increase local organic food production, provide food for our educational programs with an emphasis on growing $30,000 worth of food to relieve food insecurity, and begin to sustain our program budgets.

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Common Roots
Homestead at Wheeler Nature Park
P.O. Box 9335
1100 Dorset Street
South Burlington, Vermont 05407

Mailing:
P.O. Box 9335
South Burlington, Vermont 05407
802.652.0188
info@commonroots.org

Special thanks to Jennifer Blonaise, Logan Hall-Potvin, Michelle Keefler, and Lizzie Bogosian for photographs.

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