About
Food Roots
Founded in 2006, Food Roots cultivates a collaborative community among local farmers and other food producers, schools, restaurants, fellow organizations, and neighbors to strengthen our local food system. The result is a community rooted and invested in a mutually beneficial relationship with their local food suppliers and neighbors.
We support food producers
Local farmers, fishers, and food makers are vital to our health, our social wellbeing, and our community's abilities to sustain its local economy and thrive. It is our responsibility to provide multi-faceted support to them, in part by increasing access to their foods.
We increase local food equity
We purchase foods directly from local farmers, fishers, and food makers, and utilize them in our cooking lessons and recipe kits that we supply to students and community members.
All with your contributions
Generous grant funding, donations from businesses and community members, and volunteers enable us to be impactful in our services.
Board of Directors
Graham Allan - Interim Chair
Kate Cloran - Vice Chair
Effy Barnes - Treasurer
Courtney Parks - Secretary
Kasey Kallevig
Board members are actively involved in organizational governance. Some but not all duties include:
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Attend monthly board meetings
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Serve on board committees, including fundraising, finance, DEI
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Support relationship building with donors and partners
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Provide support to and oversight of the Executive Director
We welcome candidates with a variety of skills and backgrounds. In particular we are looking for candidates with accounting, fundraising, human resource, or legal experience. We also prioritize candidates who are connected to food systems, organized labor, cultural organizations, communities of color, and current or former SNAP recipients. Young entrepreneurs are also strongly encouraged to apply!
Community partners
who help make it happen
