Savor the flavors of fall with these moist, deep orange pancakes. Perfect for breakfast or dinner, topped with crunchy walnuts and a drizzle of maple syrup.

Ingredients

Syrup

• 1/2 cup walnut pieces
• 1/2 cup maple syrup

Pancakes

• 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
• 1/2 cup unbleached flour
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup squash (on sale for $1.49/lb)
• 1 cup 1% low-fat milk
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 large eggs
• Vegetable oil spray

Preparation

• In a 1-quart pot, combine walnuts and maple syrup; heat over low while making pancakes.
• Preheat oven to 200°F to keep pancakes warm.
• In a large bowl, mix whole wheat flour, unbleached flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. In a medium bowl, whisk together squash, milk, oil, and egg. Combine mixtures until smooth.
• Preheat a griddle over high heat and spray with vegetable oil. Pour 1/4 cup batter, spreading into a 4-inch round. When bubbles form, reduce heat to medium. Cook until edges are dry (about 3 minutes), flip, and cook 1-2 minutes more. Repeat with the remaining batter.
• Serve 3 pancakes per plate, topped with 1 tablespoon of syrup each.

*Squash Puree*

• Preheat the oven to 400 F.
• Using your favorite fall butternut, halve the squash, scoop out the seeds, and place it cut-side down on an oiled sheet pan.
• Roast at 400 F until tender when pierced with a paring knife.
• With a metal spoon, scrape out the cooked flesh and puree in a blender until smooth.

At the end of August, your Board of Directors spent a full day together to establish goals and a work plan for 2024-2025. What distinguished the day was the flow of positive energy, show of strong commitment, and affirmation of the collective dedication to serve the community.

We established three goals which you’ll be hearing more about in the months ahead. We hope you, as owners, will join us in developing these goals through our many Board committees that involve smart, fun people working together to enhance our experience and engagement with Deep Roots!

✅ Goal #1: Develop a strong statement of what distinguishes Deep Roots Market today from other markets and co-ops so that we can communicate that clearly and consistently in all messaging. This task, one that will build upon our roots while also recognizing the changing community landscape, will involve soliciting input from our owners in the coming weeks and months. This goal is designed to directly and positively impact our other goals and the overall operations of Deep Roots Market.

✅ Goal #2: Achieve robust financial health and increase Deep Roots’ vibrancy to be able to initiate new programming, store changes, and pay off all outstanding owner loans by 2027. We will release plans later this fall about new programming, fundraising, and details about an ambitious owner loan repayment schedule (and we’ll communicate directly as well with the owners who graciously provided loans to make Deep Roots what it is today!). We know many of you who loaned us funds have been patient and we thank you for that. We are committed to paying off all owner loans and promise to communicate in the next 90 days our specific plans for how to do that. You can expect significant loan repayment to start in 2024. In the meantime, we ask that you please refrain from asking our market staff about this...we will keep you updated as soon as our plans and projections are solid. Keep in mind that you can always write to the Board President with questions at boardofdirectors@deeprootsmarket.com.

✅ Goal #3: Support the onboarding of our new General Manager. As announced previously, we are thrilled that Matt Davis has taken over as Deep Roots’ new General Manager, effective July 1, 2024, a job that requires him to wear many hats and take on new tasks and responsibilities. Our core values of equity, democracy at work and in the community, care for others, sustainability, and social responsibility will guide our effort to work with Matt to ensure Deep Roots continues to grow and serve the people of Greater Greensboro.

Many thanks to you, our owners and shoppers, for supporting Deep Roots Market.

Greensboro, NC — Long-time Deep Roots Market employee Matt Davis has been named the store’s new General Manager, effective July 1, 2024. Davis was promoted to the co-op’s top position to ensure Greensboro’s only downtown market continues to serve the surrounding community. With more than 10,000 engaged owners, Greensboro’s residents actively support the co-op’s mission of promoting local, natural, and organic foods and products for a healthy, equitable, and sustainable future.

Davis brings a wealth of experience in the natural foods sector, with previous diverse roles in front-end operations, finance, and human resources. Davis is highly respected within the organization and in the community, owing to his commitment to behind-the-scenes responsibilities, his aptitude for resolving everyday and unexpected crises, and making sound decisions in consideration of the impact on all of Deep Roots’ stakeholders.

According to Davis, “Deep Roots is poised to excel in the coming years as it serves Greensboro’s residents and importantly, a growing number of tourists who are taking full advantage of the downtown’s cultural offerings.”

Deep Roots began in the 1960s as a small vegetarian buying club at Guilford College. By 1976, it opened its first storefront. Just prior to moving to the expanded, current downtown location in 2013, it operated for more than 20 years on Spring Garden Street.

Deep Roots features fresh foods from local farmers as well as health and wellness products. Most recently, it has prioritized sustainability initiatives including drop-off composting, community glass recycling, and a station for electric car charging.

Deep Roots is open daily from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. As a co-op, Deep Roots demonstrates how people working together can successfully address one another’s needs and implement desired solutions. As such, Deep Roots serves as a living example of an economic, social, and political alternative to corporate-owned businesses. While anyone can shop at the co-op, Deep Roots’ owners invest $100 for a lifetime membership allowing them to vote in co-op elections, run for a seat on the voluntary board, and receive discounts on products throughout the year.

The co-op relies on active owners to cast their votes in determining who will be on the Board of Directors to work with the General Manager and to set policies for Deep Roots Market to ensure its financial position for the future and service to the community. Additionally, so that owners’ voices continue to have impact, owners approve any proposed by-law changes regarding the operations of the co-op.

Thank you to all those owners who attended the recent Annual Owners Meeting to learn more about this year’s candidates and by-law changes, and to those owners who read about these matters on the website to inform their voting which was open from 5/4/24 to 5/11/24.

New Board of Directors

This year we had a robust slate of candidates for three open positions on the Board of Directors.

We applaud all our candidates this year who invested time and talent in attending recent board meetings and preparing materials for the owners’ consideration. We were delighted that every candidate was well qualified for serving as a director. Please join us in welcoming the following who secured the most votes to serve on the Board of Directors for the next three years:

• Mollie Blafer, who returns to the board after previously serving for one year as an elected replacement for a resigning board member.
• Khaila Daye, a new member of the board and former employee of Deep Roots Market.
• Drew Dix, a returning board director who served the last two years as vice president of the board.

We also want to give a well-deserved shout-out to our other candidates, Meredith Davis and Debra Clark Smith who demonstrated those valuable qualities of the best Deep Roots Market owners—commitment to the co-op and interest in ensuring its vibrant role in our community for the future.

Finally, we thank Ashleigh Odom for her service on the Board of Directors for the past 3- 1/2 years as she transitions off the board. For the past two years, she served as President of the Board leading with vision and grace.

By-Laws Amendments

We thank the owners for overwhelmingly approving three by-law amendments recommended by the Board of Directors.