Our Work
Mountain Roots cultivates a resilient 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.
Feed a Family this Holiday Season
Our Backyard Harvest program provides weekly deliveries of fresh, locally sourced food to 160 food-insecure households all year long. But during the holiday season, the need grows, and so does our response. This year, we’re expanding Backyard Harvest to include nearly 1,000 Backyard Harvest and special Holiday Boxes filled with fresh, local food to families across our community.
How you can help:
We need the support of the community in order to reach our goal of nearly 1,000 family boxes.
Join us as neighbors help neighbors in need this holiday season. Some of the ways you can help are:
Donate a family holiday box
Create a donation challenge match for our donors, your friends, or even your employees
Volunteer to pack and deliver holiday meal boxes
Post information at your business or social media page about this initiative
Create a team of your friends and colleagues to help you reach an individual goal for feeding families
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 deepens 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 nature.
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 the Mentors Building (101 North 8th Street, Gunnison) 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 101 North 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 michelle@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 michelle@mountainrootsfoodproject.org para obtener más información.
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