Come Work with us this Summer!
Common Roots Urban Farms BiHi and Woodside have 4 seasonal job openings this year! We have a couple of different opportunities this year: engaging the communities on the farms, and supporting our educational programming and communications. All positions offer a chance...
Seeking experienced facilitator for short contract in February
Common Roots Urban Farm (CRUF) is seeking an experienced facilitator to guide participants and community members through a conversation about the Urban Farms and how to best meet the needs of the community. We aim to, not only deepen the engagement of those...
9th Annual Harvest Hootenanny and Pumpkin Smash: the COVID edition
9th Annual Harvest Hootenanny and Pumpkin Smash: The COVID Edition Like so many things this year, the Harvest Hootenanny and Pumpkin Smash is going to look a little different but we're really grateful that this event is able to move forward with a few changes. With...
Summer Squash
Writen by Naomi Sager Summer squash season is now in full swing, and here at Common Roots, we've been enjoying the bountiful harvest. This vegetable grows quite rapidly, so daily we've been seeing several new ones mature to a harvest-able size! While the term summer...
Swamp Milkweed
Written by Naomi Sager In our commons garden bed right now, there's a particular pink plant in bloom which has been attracting a large quantity of pollinators... it's swamp Milkweed! Swamp Milkweed is one of 14 varieties of milkweed native to Canada. Swamp milkweed is...
Squash Flowers
Written by Naomi Sager This time of year, when strolling through a vegetable garden you might notice the presence of relatively large, vivid, and boldly colored yellow/orange flowers of cucurbits (that is, the gourd family: including zucchini, squash, cucumber, and...
Creature Feature: Weevils
Written by Naomi Sager Upon strolling through garden one day recently, we noticed one of our newly planted flowers was looking less than stellar.Upon closer investigation, we discovered that the rather droopy and generally sad looking plant (as well as its...
Robins on the Farm
Written by Naomi Sager Earlier this season we noticed a couple of frequent visitors: a pair of robins! Upon spotting the robins hopping around the plots, we thought it would be interesting to learn a bit more about them. When we think of robins, what might come to...
Springing Into Action
By Naomi Sager 2020 has brought an abundance of uncertain circumstances, with one such situation being the COVID-19 outbreak, and ensuing pandemic status and State of Emergency. Within a very short period of time, our "normal" was turned upside down: social...
CRUF Hiring Two Urban Farm Assistants
Eligibility: student returning to school in September Hours: 35 hours/week at $15/hour, May 18-August 21 The Urban Farm Assistant will help in the market garden, community garden and market stand of Common Roots-Woodside at Nova Scotia Hospital in Dartmouth and Common...
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