New Roots Community Farm

Market development services: new roots engages in a market first approach to farmer support services. We aim to create new market opportunities for our region's farmers. We do this primarily from nrcf's brick and mortar farmers market which expands opportunities for producers to sell products year round.

Community education and food access: through collaborative farm to school programming, nrcf works with the fayette county board of educations nutrition department to coordinate local procurement to increase the amount of healthy local food served to fcboe students, 88.9 percent of which qualify for free and reduced meals. Programs implemented to support this goal have included no-cost, pop-up farmers markets, hosting farm field trips for fayette county board of education students, and convening with partners, organizations, and individuals in the community to discuss food access and food security issues in our community.