ABOUT US
WHO WE ARE
We are a multi-disciplinary, multi-generational collaborative that came together to address the problem of access to fresh food, particularly in under-resourced communities. Artists, designers, gardeners, and environmentalists, we believe in the power of community to address systemic inequities.
COLLABORATIVE TEAM: Caroline Batzdorf, Casandra Esteve, Rowan McAllister, Beth Morrow, Julia Helen Murray
ADVISORS: Traci Nottingham, Miriam Nunberg
OUR HISTORY
Rolling Roots was born during the depths of the COVID pandemic, when access to fresh food became a challenge and supply chains were broken. Community gardens grew more food to compensate for empty shelves, and curbside dining in restaurant sheds became commonplace.
Combining the curbside sheds with hyper-local growing in community became a conversation, then a cardboard model, and finally a plan.
2023-2024 PILOT PROJECT
Testing rolling raised grow beds.
In partnership with Executive Chef Alexis Aquino and the Brownsville Community Culinary Center, Brooklyn NY.
This pilot is made possible through a 2023 New York Presbyterian Hospital Community Mini-Grant.
Testing rolling raised grow bed prototypes.
