Schools around the nation are changing the way they feed kids -- for the better. Common Roots educator and farmer Molly Silver and The Farm at South Village will once again be growing food this summer to benefit local schools. Working with interns from the South Burlington High School and UVM, this summer/fall program grows, processes, and stores food to be be used in local school cafeterias for the next school year. Income from this program supports the salaries of the Common Roots food educators.
Updates from the SSA:
Posted by Carol McQuillen on 2012-05-07
On behalf of our children and our community, thank you for your dedication to the work of our SLIMY Tag Sale. We raised, $3,074.83. We also finished shortly after 3pm. The folks from Wheeler school had 5 vehicles of our items for their Monday give away, and Jon Ford delivered two runs to Recycle North.
We received donations from both Central and Chamberlin schools for the first time from unclaimed lost and found items. Our PTO officers at Orchard have allowed up to $3,500, raised by SLIMY, to go to Common Roots. These funds will be used to pay a farmer to grow food on more than 1/4 acre this season with three UVM interns.
This food that supports:
On behalf of our children and our community, thank you for your dedication to the work of our SLIMY Tag Sale. We raised, $3,074.83. We also finished shortly after 3pm. The folks from Wheeler school had 5 vehicles of our items for their Monday give away, and Jon Ford delivered two runs to Recycle North.
We received donations from both Central and Chamberlin schools for the first time from unclaimed lost and found items. Our PTO officers at Orchard have allowed up to $3,500, raised by SLIMY, to go to Common Roots. These funds will be used to pay a farmer to grow food on more than 1/4 acre this season with three UVM interns.
This food that supports:
- education of food for our students through school field trip opportunities
- food for classroom lessons in three elementary schools
- food families in need who come to the SB Farmers Market and use some of their Three Square dollars (plan we are currently working on)
- sales to our School District for menu preparations. These funds will come back to Common Roots which helps to support food education in classrooms.