Mountain Roots Food Project

By | July 31, 2020

USA

Mountain Roots Food Project in Gunnison County, Colorado (USA) takes a multi-pronged approach to local food resilience. The organization runs a two-acre educational working farm with a CSA program, and two collaborative community gardens in which members work together and share the harvest. It also creates school garden and nutrition education programs in public schools, and runs summer camps connecting kids with local food systems and the ecology of the Rocky Mountains. Emphasizing food access for all, Mountain Roots also hosts free produce markets for people in need, as well as a ‘food rescue’ program connecting food-insecure families with excess produce from backyard gardens and farms. Learn more about their innovative programs at mountainrootsfoodproject.org.

Category: Local Food, Farming & Fisheries

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Carly has worked with Local Futures since 2018. Among other tasks, Carly is responsible for the Planet Local series and the Localization Action Guide. A graduate of Wellesley College, she has practiced permaculture and regenerative design in Madagascar, Indonesia, and the USA, and now lives near Washington, DC. She is currently studying herbal medicine.

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