Our Work
Mountain Roots cultivates a resilient and equitable food system in Gunnison Valley, Colorado, by enhancing healthy connections between earth, food, and community. We foster knowledge, teach skills, and provide opportunities that ensure access to affordable, nutritious food that is regionally based and sustainably produced.
Thanksgiving CSA
Your Thanksgiving Feast, Straight from the Farms!
Mountain Roots is excited to offer you a curated Thanksgiving basket of local goods to perfect your thanksgiving meal. We’ve got everything to compliment your Thanksgiving turkey or vegetarian center piece. Our thanksgiving CSA boxes include: locally grown potatoes, heirloom squash, greens, herbs, and our own salad mix. We will also have everything you need for a beautiful charcuterie board with local cheeses from Lazy Ewe and Rocking W Dairy, complimented by jams and preserves from Ella Family Fruit Farm and Gracie’s Farmstead. The boxes are completed with organic cranberries, pumpkin cake from Luna Bakery, and fresh take-and-bake dinner rolls. We hope you love this box and feel extra special filling your holiday table with locally produced goods.
Limit of 50 - So buy now before they’re gone!
If you too love this season of generosity, please consider our buy-one-give-one option that adds an additional box that our Food Security Team will deliver to families facing food insecurity in the Gunnison Valley.
Complete Content list:
Local apples, local heirloom squash, local potatoes, local onions, local garlic, local salad greens, local sautéing vegetables, local herbs(fresh and dried), organic cranberries, organic or local jam, hard cheese, soft cheese, fresh baked Pumpkin roll cake, and take-and-bake dinner rolls
We’re Hiring!
Food Security Program Director
We're seeking an experienced leader to manage a comprehensive food security program, including fresh food boxes, community gardens, cooking education, and community engagement. Focus on strategic growth, community impact, data-driven decision-making, resource development, and advancing equity within sustainable food systems. If you’re ready to make a difference in food access and strengthen community resilience, we encourage you to apply. $50,000 - $55,000/yr. Open till filled.
WHAT WE DO
Regenerative Farming
Regenerating the land, building soil, training young farmers, and providing food for our community. In addition to 2 in-ground farms, this includes 4 container farms that operate all year long, expanding our growing season significantly.
Farm to School
We teach youth about environmental science, nutrition & healthy eating, growing food, cooking, and more. This deepends their connection to earth, food, and community and builds a foundation for a healthy future.
Food Security
Developing individuals’ self-sufficiency and providing nutritious produce across the Gunnison valley and western Colorado. From free boxes of produce to creating community in our gardens, food security reaches many aspects of our valley.
HEALTHY FUTURES
We build bridges from college to career for young adults seeking to gain experience in agriculture, youth education, community food security, and the environment.
FOOD SECURITY: BACKYARD HARVEST PROGRAM
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Our Backyard Harvest program currently delivers free boxes of fresh food to over 150 households every week, and we need YOUR help!
Volunteers help us pack boxes on Tuesdays at 10:00 AM and deliver them the same day from 12:30 - 3:00 PM. Packing takes place at 513 S. Main Street during the summer and at the Gunnison Valley Mentors Schoolhouse building during the chillier months. Whether you can volunteer once or every week, by packing or delivering, we'd love to have you.
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Nuestro programa “Backyard Harvest” entrega cajas de alimentos a más de 150 hogares cada semana, ¡y necesitamos su ayuda!
Los voluntarios nos ayudan a empacar cajas los martes a las 10:00 a. m. y entregarlas el mismo día de 12:30 a 3:00 p. m. El embalaje se lleva a cabo en 513 S. Main Street durante el verano y en el edificio de la escuela Gunnison Valley Mentors Schoolhouse durante los meses más fríos. puedas ser voluntario solamente una vez o cada semana, empacando o entregando, nos encantaría tenerte.
If you are interested in getting involved, you can sign up at the link below, or email sophie@mountainrootsfoodproject.org for more information.
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Si está interesado en participar, pueden registrarse en el siguiente enlace o enviar un correo electrónico a sophie@mountainrootsfoodproject.org para obtener más información.
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