Raisin' Roots Farm

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Winter Update for January 2019:

Grant Voting

We are entered into the Cultivating Change grant and would appreciate your vote! You can vote for us at this link: https://cultivatingchange.org/vote-2019/ If you search “raisin” we will pop up 🙂 Folks can vote once every day until the end of January, 1x per device/email. It would mean a lot to us if you would get on there and place a vote for Raisin’ Roots! The top 6 vote recipients will be awarded grant funding. Our grant addresses greenhouse improvement, field equipment, process area upgrades, and a farm delivery vehicle.

Food Access Funding

We are proud to accept SNAP/EBT benefits and have the grant funding to match 50% of the total share cost for SNAP recipients. This brings our share price to $234.50 which can be paid with EBT/SNAP card benefits in several installments throughout the year. Sign up can be found here.

2019 CSA Share Registration Now Open!

Community Supported Agriculture is a direct partnership between you and the farmer. This model allows consumers to know where their food is coming from, who’s growing it, and how it is grown! A share consists of a box of vegetables and culinary herbs every week running from mid-May through mid-October. We have several pickup options including at our farm on Friday evenings, at Maxline Brewing(College & Drake) on Friday evenings, the Fort Collins Country Club on Friday evenings, or the Larimer County Farmers Market in Old Town on Saturday mornings. The variety changes weekly, as different crops come into and out of season throughout the year. We grow over 60 different crops and varieties, carefully chosen for taste, nutrition, and quality. Everything that we grow is pesticide-free and grown right here at our farm in Fort Collins, located just west of Taft Hill & Vine. We offer the CSA share option to give our neighbors the option to buy our produce at a wholesale price instead of the retail prices found at market. Also, the CSA model allows farmers to have income at an important time of the year when we are ordering seeds, building infrastructure, and improving our tools and production practices.

The share comes to about $20/week and includes several convenient pickup options after our harvest each week. If you are going out of town on a given week, just let us know and we will get you a double share when you’re back the next week! For more information and registration for the 2019 growing season, visit our registration page here. We do ask for a $50 deposit to hold your space for the season. Payment in full is required by May 1st, 2019. We limit our CSA membership to 60 spots, as we enjoy having a tight knit community and getting to know folks throughout the season. More info can be found on our CSA page.

About Us

Where We Are

Raisin’ Roots Farm has been a part of the Larimer County community since 2015, beginning as a small operation in Laporte, Colorado. In 2017, Ben moved the farm to its current location in Northwest Fort Collins on Taft Hill & Vine.

How We Grow

Raisin’ Roots operates on several acres of arable land through the generosity of Dennis Vanderheiden, the property owner. We grow 60+ heirloom and organic varieties of vegetables throughout the year. Companion planting, soil amending, lack of pesticides and low-till growing practices ensure delicious, nutritious produce and a healthy soil ecosystem for seasons to come. Raisin’ Roots also produces humanely raised, pastured eggs from 120 laying hens and seasonal pork shares.

Who We Serve

Based in a residential neighborhood of Fort Collins, Raisin’ Roots is committed to being a “good neighbor” in every sense. We practice ethical animal and plant care, including sustainable soil and water management.

We believe that equitable access to produce is a cornerstone of community longevity. For this reason, we are SNAP/EBT certified at both the local farmers’ market and our weekly farm stand. We also work with local food system non-profits such as The Vegetable Connection and The Growing Project.

The farm offers 60 seasonal CSA shares, including payment plans and pro-rated options to give the widest range of accessibility to the Fort Collins community. Please see our “CSA” tab for more info.

Rooted in Community

We are also committed to community engagement at the farm itself. We host open houses, farm-to-table dinners and collaborate with CSU’s food systems and agriculture departments to conduct educational tours for students and faculty.

We have a thriving volunteer work-trade community where, in exchange for 4-6 hours of volunteering per week, anyone is entitled to a full farm share of produce. This is another way in which we seek to keep our produce financially accessible.

Get to Know Us

We have worked incredibly hard to build and strengthen our relationships with this community and are a happy to have found a long-term home for the farm in our current location. We encourage you to reach out if you’re curious – come volunteer(email at raisinroots@gmail.com) or visit us at the Larimer County Farmer’s Market on Saturdays throughout the season to see what we’re all about!

Our 2019 CSA Share registration is now open! Sign up at our CSA Registration link or email us at Raisinroots@gmail.com. More details on our CSA information page. To see pictures of weekly shares from the 2018 season, check out our Facebook page and Instagram account.

You can find us at the Larimer County Farmers Market in Old Town Fort Collins every Saturday morning. The market runs 8am to Noon and is located at Mountain & Howes from May through October. Hope to see you there!

updated 12.4.18