Seasoned Spoon Root Cellar
Measuring 16’x20’, the root cellar features two storage areas, suitable for vegetables with different storage requirements. It's dug into a small hill near the loading dock of Champlain College, and incorporates a range of innovative, sustainable building methods including earth‐bag walls and a green roof. Earth-bag building is a form of rammed earth-construction that uses woven bags as a flexible form and barbed wire to act as a mortar. The bags are filled with earth, compacted, stacked and finally plastered, creating cement like walls with minimal environmental impact. The green roof provides the most ecologically‐sound means of insulation, and the opportunity to showcase native plants. Powered by solar panels to maintain ideal storage conditions, the root cellar is totally off the grid and is located just steps away from the cafe kitchen!