Rootwork Commons builds neighborhood economies by circulating value through land, labor, and care.
Our economy generates revenue through food production and value-added goods. Any surplus is reinvested locally — to pay workers, maintain shared infrastructure, and support long-term stewardship.
Profit is not the goal of the system. Care is.
Revenue exists to sustain that care over time.
Valuing Work
Rootwork Commons pays people for the skilled, ongoing labor of land stewardship.
Growing food, maintaining infrastructure, and caring for shared spaces is real work — and it is compensated as such.
Keeping Value Local
Food and value-added products grown on Rootwork Commons land are sold, shared, or reinvested within the neighborhood.
This system keeps value moving close to where it is created, rather than extracted elsewhere.
Growing Capacity Over Time
Rather than scaling quickly, Rootwork Commons grows by strengthening each site —
so land, skills, and infrastructure can support the next.