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MiddWorks For Vermont Summer 2026-Common Roots Internship

*Please note: Your résumé MUST be approved by a CCI Peer Career Advisor in order to apply in Handshake. (If your résumé was approved last year and updated with new experiences, it remains valid.)

Common Roots connects the residents of South Burlington: families, students, farmers, business owners, teachers, and civic leaders to a sustainable local food system that supports healthy nutrition choices, learning opportunities, and food equity in our community. Our vision is simple: food equity through community in close collaboration with residents, businesses, and civic agencies.

Together we can make it better, nourish to flourish!

All internships are open. Roles can be combined based on student availability and interests.

MiddWorks Summer 2026 Internships For Common Roots

Farm Production Summer Internship:

Work with our talented farm team and other interns in all aspects of farming. We are a certified , organic 13 acre farm in South Burlington. Our team grows over 40 different types of veggies as well as a vibrant pick-your-own wildflower garden.

Greenhouse propagation work and growing systems
Seeding, weeding, and transplanting
Mulching, irrigation, harvesting (including washing, sorting, packing), and other seasonal tasks
Monday/Wednesday OR Tuesday/Thursday 8:00am–12:00pm or 12:00pm-4:00pm

Skills will be taught throughout the day and there will be more explicit lessons where applicable. Farming /gardening experience and plant/soil science knowledge preferred, but not mandatory.

Farmstand at South Village Internship:

Learn the skills of running a successful farmstand business that operates like a small organic grocery store. Common Roots Farmstand offers our fresh, certified organic, vegetables, herbs, flowers, strawberries, honey, house-made value added items from our licensed kitchen along with a variety of local products. Learn about our farm production, partner farms, programs and partnerships.

Greet patrons, provide dynamic customer service, and educate farmstand customers alongside our farmstand manager
Organize the farmstand, maintain rotation of products for maximum freshness, and create signage
Perform post-harvest chores like, packaging greens and displaying our produce
Assist manager with tasks that change with the season; plan and facilitate outreach to build customer base
Tuesday and/or Friday 10:00am-1:30pm, Thursdays 10:00am-2:00pm and/or 2:00-6:00pm, Saturday any 2-3 hour window

Farmstand interns have the opportunity to complete associated independent projects related to their interests.

Farmstand at the South Burlington Food Shelf Internship:

In partnership with our Food Shelf supervisor, set up and run the Common Roots Farmstand at the South Burlington Food Shelf to further nutritional food security and education.

Greet, interface and educate Food Shelf customers about the fresh produce from the farm
Offer local taste tests for the week, and a recipe related to farm and orchard produce
Answer questions about the organic farm and orchard produce, as well as the homemade value add products being distributed
Help distribute the 1200 plant starts grown in our greenhouse to help build food independence
Administer an important Food Shelf survey
Opportunity to visit our farm to learn how the produce you are working with is cultivated
Thursday 3:30pm-6:30pm, Friday or Saturday 7:30am-10:30am

Homemade Value-Add Product Production Internship:

Work with our Executive Chef and other interns to create products using local farm produce in our commercial kitchen. All products are packaged in the kitchen to be sold at our farmstand.

Learn how to make pickles, pesto, breads, sauerkraut, kimchi, sauces and salsas with an emphasis on nutrition and gut healthy foods
Learn methods for canning, pickling, drying, freezing and fermentation
Make fermented dough and create our signature flatbread in our wood fired clay oven
Wednesday and/or Thursday 9:00am-1:00pm and/or 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Basic Knife skills and knowledge of food prep preferred, but not mandatory

Farm to Fork Nutrition & Culinary Internship:

Work with our talented Executive Chef and other interns in our commercial kitchen to produce home-made entrees, salads and soups using vegetables from our farm, as well as local organic meats. Create unique desserts and baked goods using apples from our orchard.

Learn a variety of culinary skills and nutritional information
Observe how a restaurant/small business runs
Sample some delicious food
Engage with community members and work together with a great team on this hands-on internship
Tuesdays 10-6:30 flexibility to choose your hours

Basic Knife skills and knowledge of food prep preferred, but not mandatory

Hearth to Table- Flatbread Friday Internship:

Work with our talented Executive chef and team of interns to make artisan flatbreads in our wood-fired clay oven in our outdoor kitchen.

Learn a variety of culinary skills and nutritional information
Observe how a restaurant/small business runs
Make and shape fermented dough, and learn the art of tossing flatbread dough
Prepare sauces, organic meat and vegetable toppings, oils, garnishes, and dress the flatbreads
Sample some delicious food
Engage with the community and listen to local musicians while working together with a great team in this hands-on internship
Opportunity to visit our farm to see how the produce you are working with is cultivated
Fridays hours flexible but preferred time frames are 9:00am-2:00pm or 2:00-7:00pm

Basic Knife skills and knowledge of food prep preferred, but not mandatory

Community Development/Communications Internship:

Represent Common Roots while greeting our customers upon arrival for food pick-up.

Complete marketing tasks based on interests and skills as part of the Tuesday Farm to Fork and the Hearth to Table Flatbread Friday culinary internship.

Take orders, collect payments, and complete spreadsheets at the end of each shift while learning how a small business runs
Marketing tasks may include setting up and taking photos of plated meals and other products
Design social media posts, Instagram stories and implement ideas you may have
Create descriptions of products available, offer taste tests, and answer customer questions
Tuesdays 3:00pm-7:00pm and Fridays 3:00pm-7:00pm. This internship is both Tuesday and Friday.

Be prepared to be friendly and personable in this hands-on internship

All interns will receive 25% off produce and other Common Roots products

To Apply:

Applications are accepted through Handshake

For further information about Common Roots visit www.commonroots.org

MiddWorks for Vermont Cohort Internship Program

Middlebury College is deeply committed to the future of Vermont. Through the MiddWorks for Vermont Cohort Internship Program, CCI funds student internships at Vermont organizations that strengthen the state’s economy, workforce, environment, education system, health, equity, and arts and culture.

Each internship offers hands-on experience, strong mentorship, and insight into why Vermont is an exceptional place to live and work. Students participate in cohort programming and typically live together in Burlington or Middlebury.

Funding: Interns receive a $5,000 CCI award to support their summer experience.
Housing: Available for a fee at Middlebury College or Champlain College in Burlington.
Requirements: CCI-approved résumé; participation in cohort meetings; completion of pre-internship forms, a post-internship evaluation, and a donor thank-you letter
Eligibility: Open to returning Middlebury students. Seniors graduating in May 2026, students not enrolled in Spring or Fall 2026, and those planning to transfer are not eligible.

Be part of a program that celebrates Vermont—its people, places, and potential.