Taproot Kitchen is a shared-use commercial kitchen. Let us help you start a food business today! Taproot is a nonprofit, shared-use, certified commercial food-processing facility on Lopez Island, Washington. Our goals are to: 1) Create jobs by providing facilities for adding value to agricultural products, particularly those grown locally. 2) Provide commercial grade equipment to help families to safely and efficiently process food for their own consumption and to share with their loved ones. 3) Teach safe food handling and processing practices, facilitate small food business startups and general help to provide nourishment and livelihoods to the Lopez Island Community.