Jonah Fertig-Burd [EN] he/him
is a consultant, facilitator, coach, farmer, cook, and artist. He is the owner of InterRooted, which co-creates interconnected transformative organizations, collaborations, and spaces rooted in love, nourishment, and cooperation. Through InterRooted he partners with the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives as a peer advisor for worker cooperatives. He is also a farmer and co-owner of Celebration Tree Farm & Wellness Center a multi-stakeholder cooperative in Durham, Maine, growing organic Celebration (Christmas) trees and offering wellness services, retreats, workshops, and events. Over the past 20 years, Jonah has built deep, collaborative relationships; developed new nonprofits, cooperative businesses, and collaboratives; worked in restaurants, food pantries, and farms; advocated for food and farm policies; and helped to grow racial equity in our food system. Previously, he was a Community Partner for Food Systems at the Sewall Foundation in Maine and the Director of Cooperative Food Systems at the Cooperative Development Institute. In 2007, he co-founded Local Sprouts Cooperative, a worker-owned cafe and catering business in Portland, Maine.
He’s currently on the board of the Cooperative Fund of the North East, Maine Inside Out, and Land in Common Community Land Trust. He was a 2018 BALLE Local Economy Fellow and 2016 Democracy at Work Institute Worker Cooperative Developer Fellow. He loves to cook, make art, play music and walk in the woods. He lives in Durham, Maine with his wife and two children.