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Farm Happenings at Root 5 Farm
Beginning of Winter
We're about halfway between the fall equinox and winter solstice. This marks the end of harvest season and the beginning of winter, or the "dark half" of the year. The ancient Celts celebrated this time with a great festival called Samhain. Traditionally, Samhain marked the beginning of the new yea1 read more »
Ten years of Root 5 Farm and looking foward to the future!
This is the final week of our Summer/Fall CSA shares AND we're coming to the end of our 10th growing season here at Root 5 Farm!! We've been reflecting a lot on what it means to be farming for over twenty years and to be here on this land in Fairlee for a decade now. We keep coming back to the idea1 read more »
Food Security
Our definition of food security includes tunnels full of winter kale and spinach, a barn full of butternut squash, a cooler full of carrots, and barrels upon barrels of sauerkraut. We work hard to grow and store these critical winter foods so we can continue to have a diverse and nutritious diet th1 read more »
Apples for every meal - from salad to pie!
Apples get the award for the most versatile fruit. Sweet or savory, baked or raw, the options are seemingly endless... brown butter apple tart, apple upside down cake, flatbread with buratta apples dandelion greens and honey, apple fennel chicken salad, crunchy turnip kohlrabi apple slaw, scallops1 read more »
Food Security
Our definition of food security includes tunnels full of winter kale and spinach, a barn full of butternut squash, a cooler full of carrots, and barrels upon barrels of sauerkraut.
As we wrap up our field harvest this week, this marks the end of our Summer & Fall CSA Shares. For some of you, t1 read more »
Apples for every meal - from salad to pie!
Apples get the award for the most versatile fruit. Sweet or savory, baked or raw, the options are seemingly endless... brown butter apple tart, apple upside down cake, flatbread with buratta apples dandelion greens and honey, apple fennel chicken salad, crunchy turnip kohlrabi apple slaw, scallops1 read more »
Octoberfest
We're delighted to see our kraut cabbages sizing up (they get to be nearly 10lbs each!) and we're preparing for our big kraut-making shred fest in three weeks. But we need to empty out some more kraut barrels so we have space for the new crop. This is our version of Octoberfest. We're featuring our1 read more »
Frosty Mornings, Sweeter Veggies
We're counting down the final weeks of Fall Shares, we begin Winter Shares the first week of November. You can still sign up for a Winter Share if you’d like to keep this good thing going for two more months!
When temperatures drop and frost hits, only the heartiest of veggies are equ1 read more »
Fall Fruit Abundance
We have an amazing selection of fall apples for you this week- plus some delicious seckle pears! It's a great week to order extras for baking and mix and match so you get just what you want. The weather has cooled off so it's a great time to do some baking- apple pie, cobbler, poached pears, or app1 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!