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Farm Happenings at Root 5 Farm
Meet the crew that makes it all happen!
Top Row: Nick, Liam, Robert, Mariah, Meg, Benner, Brian. Bottom Row: Seth, Danielle, Shayne, Cindy
This is the team that does it all! From bed prep to CSA pack and everything in between. This group of hard working folks shows up at 7am ready to work, rain or shine, hot or cold, winter, spring, summ1 read more »
Abundant Greens + Strawberries!
The weather has been ideal for greens these past few weeks- warm days, cool nights, just enough rain but not too much. So we have an abundance of gorgeous greens of all kinds right now. Stock up while they're at their best!
Plus it's peak strawberry season in the Upper Valley, so we've sourced some1 read more »
Summer Solstice
We’ve reached the longest days of the year, the highest arc of the sun in our part of the world, with an amazing 16 hours of daylight shining down on us. This marks a significant turning point in vegetable farming, as we're shifting through this period of lush vegetative growth and now fruits1 read more »
Dreamy June
Gentle rains, warm sunshine, an amazing hard working crew, a genuinely helpful 5-year old, twelve foot tall cucumber vines in June. What more can we ask for??? These are the long, sunny days of our dreams.
It's been an incredibly productive week at the farm, the crops are really looking great, it f1 read more »
Beginnings
The first full week of June has arrived and so we begin our Summer CSA Shares. We're so excited to bring you fresh, delicious organic vegetables from our fields over the next 21 weeks. We're amazed and humbled as we enter our 10th year farming on this land because many of you, our dedicated CSA mem1 read more »
Plant, Water, Prune, Weed, Harvest, Repeat
This is the final week of Spring CSA Shares, the fruits of summer are right around the corner! If you're not already signed up for a Summer CSA Share and you'd like to continue with your weekly boxes, you can sign up here.
Early June is when it's all happening on the farm. Plants are growing quickl1 read more »
Planting Time!
The temperatures are finally warm enough so we're putting our energy towards planting crops in the fields! Thousands of baby plants went in the ground this past week- summer squash, sweet peppers, parsley, tomatoes, scallions, cabbage, lettuce, spinach, chard, bok choy, hot peppers, cucumbers, and1 read more »
Salad Season
We hope you enjoyed your first box of vegetables! It was a real pleasure to get back into the swing of harvesting and packing shares. Let us know how it's going. Have you tried a new recipe or tasted something new? We'd love to hear about it!
The sun and heat were intense this past week, a little1 read more »
Spring Greens
We're thrilled to get back into the rhythm of harvesting fresh food for you! Our hoop houses are bursting with cold hardy greens and we've been busily seeding, transplanting, mulching, and watering our crops so they're ready for the spring harvest season.
If you're new to Root 5 Farm this year, ple1 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!