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Farm Happenings at Root 5 Farm
Love your vegetables
Carrot harvest continues... it's a beautiful, tasty, and abundant crop this year. We're storing over 18,000 lbs of carrots so you can eat them all winter until next spring! read more »
Sarah's planting our final bed for the season!
Our hoop houses are looking great for November-January winter greens harvest. These late indoor plantings of spinach, kale, lettuce mix, swiss chard, scallions, bok choy, and radishes will fill your CSA boxes with fresh greens even when it's freezing and there's snow on the ground outside!
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Sarah's planting our final bed for the season!
Our hoop houses are looking great for November-January winter greens harvest. These late indoor plantings of spinach, kale, lettuce mix, swiss chard, scallions, bok choy, and radishes will fill your CSA boxes with fresh greens even when it's freezing and there's snow on the ground outside!
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picking brussels sprouts
Chilly mornings, numb fingers while we harvest in the fog. Sunshine breaks through and we feel like kings and queens as we warm up in the golden light. read more »
picking brussels sprouts
We've got a beautiful crop of brussels sprouts this year and we're excited to send them your way.
The key to cooking brussels sprouts is high heat and a relatively short cooking time. Try roasting, pan-searing, shaving, or check out this last-minute appetizer: crispy brussels sprout chips.&nb1 read more »
cold weather greens
Seth is loving the harvest from our gorgeous field of kale, collards, cabbage, and brussels sprouts. These incredible plants keep on going despite the hard frost we had on Friday night. In fact, their flavors get even better and sweeter as the temperatures get colder. read more »
cabbage, kale, collards! ooolala!
We love these cold hardy crops- keeping us healthy, still eating our greens throughout these colder months. read more »
Young Ginger
Most of us know ginger as a thick-skinned, fibrous and spicy root that's imported from far away places. This fresh "young" ginger that we grow is juicy and plump, with a pink blush. It's tender enough to eat raw in salads, and it has an almost translucent skin that doesn’t need peeling.1 read more »
About the farm
Root 5 Farm is a certified organic vegetable farm located on 38 acres in Fairlee, Vermont, along the Connecticut River. The fertile river bottom soils provide a rich environment for growing over 100 different varieties of vegetables and herbs.
The farm has been certified organic by Vermont Organic Farmers (VOF) since 2006. We are dedicated to growing practices that use a holistic approach to soil fertility, pest control and plant and animal health. We build our soil through crop rotation and cover cropping. We're committed to a healthy workplace, environment, and community, and our products are infused with that attention. You’ll taste the difference!
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The farm has been certified organic by Vermont Organic Farmers (VOF) since 2006. We are dedicated to growing practices that use a holistic approach to soil fertility, pest control and plant and animal health. We build our soil through crop rotation and cover cropping. We're committed to a healthy workplace, environment, and community, and our products are infused with that attention. You’ll taste the difference!