In 1999, Common Ground  experimented with multiple farmers. Matt Dees  (PSS), Brad Kintzer (ENVS) and Kathleen McTigue (CDAE) were Co-Farm  Managers, and Nate Sands (PSS) was an active apprentice. Faculty shares  increased to 13 and were $150 per share. Students developed 4 working  shares for students in hopes of developing a student labor pool to help  with growing the vegetables. Student working shares were $100 each.

The farm produced 6000 pounds of vegetables for the Chittenden Co. Emergency  Foodshelf and Salvation Army Soup Kitchen. After this season student  farmers concluded that communication was a very important key to running the operation and was needed between farmers and student workers to keep the farm sound. Students hosted several workshops for  children and spent a morning with the Vermont Youth Corps. The UVM  Trustees visited the farm in August.