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Farm Happenings at Root 5 Farm
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 »
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 a few more months!
When temperatures drop and frost hits, only the heartiest of veggies are equippe1 read more »
Fall Fruit Abundance
We have an amazing selection of fall fruit for you this week- 5 varieties of heirloom apples, plums, and asian 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, plum cake1 read more »
Broccoli, Kohlrabi, Dandelion, and Fennel. Oh my!
Fall arrived right on schedule this year, with temperatures dropping suddenly, just as we reached the fall equinox. While we would have enjoyed a few more weeks of extended summer weather, we've adapted quickly.
On the harvest crew we've broken out our insulated pants, scarves, and hats, and starte1 read more »
Apple Season!
Apple season has arrived! And we're so happy to be working with Scott Farm Orchards again this year. They grow a wonderful variety of ecologically grown heirloom apples, each one with it's own unique flavor, texture, and color. We hope you'll try them all!
This week we have Honey Crisp, Ginger Gol1 read more »
Fall Equinox
Local food has a way of deepening our roots to a place, of helping us belong more fully to the land we call home, and of being a guidepost to the seasons. As we savor the last of our ripe tomatoes, we plant our final successions of cold hardy greens that will feed us through the winter. We feel a m1 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!