UNITY, Maine — Few college campuses, if any, have root cellars to store their fruits and vegetables.
But Unity College is going back to the time-tested method of keeping produce fresh. The environmental school in central Maine on Friday will hold a ceremony and tour to mark the completion of a root cellar.
A root cellar is a traditional underground structure used to store vegetables and fruits. Because it’s buried, the temperature and humidity are regulated. Unity’s root cellar combines old-fashioned earth tempering with state-of-the-art control systems that automatically draw in cool nighttime air.
Unity’s root cellar was built with student volunteer labor under the guidance of the college’s sustainability staff and instructor Jim Merkel of Belfast, who teaches an environmental citizen course.
Send questions/comments to the editors.
Success. Please wait for the page to reload. If the page does not reload within 5 seconds, please refresh the page.
Enter your email and password to access comments.
Hi, to comment on stories you must . This profile is in addition to your subscription and website login.
Already have a commenting profile? .
Invalid username/password.
Please check your email to confirm and complete your registration.
Only subscribers are eligible to post comments. Please subscribe or login first for digital access. Here’s why.
Use the form below to reset your password. When you've submitted your account email, we will send an email with a reset code.