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Farm Happenings at Root 5 Farm
It's Rainbow Time!
We've reached peak season for many of our summer crops. If you'd like to preserve some vegetables for the winter, this is a good time to do it. You'll have the option to purchase bulk cases of our tomatoes, cucumbers, green beans, basil, and peppers as "Add Ons" to your shares over the next few wee1 read more »
In the Jungle
It's peak season for our cucumbers, our plants are over 12 feet tall! This week we have half bushel boxes of small cucumbers (great for pickling!) available to add-on to your share. Simply click the "Puchase Extras" button below.
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Planting fall crops
The youngest member of our crew had fun helping out with planting fall cabbages and kale. read more »
Abundance!
Danielle is happy about harvesting tomatoes for you! read more »
Abundance!
Danielle is happy about harvesting big bucket of cherry tomatoes for you! read more »
summer harvest
It's an exciting time on the farm with so many summer crops coming in. We've harvested our last asparagus for the season and we're moving on to eggplant, tomatoes, zucchinis, and peppers. read more »
Hot Hot Hot!
The heat has brought on some new crops- eggplant, green peppers, and summer squash are all sizing up now and they'll make an appearance in your CSA boxes this week. These are all great vegetables for the grill, so it'll be nice to cook outside during this heat wave.
We installed a pump on our new w1 read more »
hot hot hot!
The heat has brought on some new crops- eggplant, green peppers, and summer squash are all sizing up now and they'll make an appearance in your CSA boxes this week. These are all great vegetables for the grill, so it'll be nice to cook outside during this heat wave.
We installed a pump on our new w1 read more »
Longest Day
We’ve reached the longest day of the year with an amazing 16 hours of daylight shining down on us. The plants respond in amazing ways to this light, everything is growing quickly now, and fruits are setting readily on our tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants. With a few hot days we should see som1 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!