A Community
Supported Agriculture
Farm
13607 Woodinville-Redmond Rd. www.rootconnection.com
(425)
881-1006
Mailing
address: PO
Box 267 Woodinville WA 98072
Buy Your Food Where It’s Grown!
The Root Connection is Washington State’s first
CSA
farm. Since 1987, we have been growing local, chemical-free food
for the community at our 20-acre site in the Sammamish Valley
between Woodinville and Redmond. For those 25 years, we have
offered our members the best of seasonal vegetables, herbs, and
flowers grown right here, for pick-up right here, on the same day
they are harvested.
Our harvest season
is 21 weeks from June
through October. Members can pick up their vegetables within four
hours of when they are picked from the ground! This means that you
are getting the highest quality produce possible, with superior
flavor, texture, and nutrition. Produce is not stored and
transported for days before it reaches your mouth. In addition to
farm pick-up in Redmond, we have drop sites in Seattle and
Lynnwood.
One of the
biggest benefits of joining the Root Connection is that in addition
to your weekly share, members can “U-pick” dozens of
types of greens, herbs, and flowers for free! This adds even more
value to your share. Share cost is only $32.95 per week! For info
on what’s in a share, how to sign up, drop-site locations,
and U-Pick, go to the CSA
Information page.
We’re
More
Than a Box
Would you like to…
- Enjoy
walking the paths
through the growing crops?
- Observe our
growing
techniques?
- Visit the
farm chickens
and horses?
- Help your
children pull
a few carrots from the children’s garden? Teach them where veggies come
from and how they are grown?
- Pick some
flowers to
take home? (free to members)
Have you ever…
- Smelled
the sweet aroma of corn pollinating?
- Looked
out over 3,000 sq. ft. of lush basil to find just the right stems
to clip for dinner or to make pesto? (free to members)
- Stood
in a quarter acre field of assorted greens and kales on a crisp
fall day to choose just the right ones to pick and freeze for the
winter? (free to members)
What
Makes the Root Connection So Special?
The Root Connection
isn’t just a place to pick up your weekly vegetables. Members
can fully experience the farm and see how we all are connected to
the soil and the gifts it gives. It is also a place for people to
come together and feel like they’re part of a community.
Members exchange recipes, ideas about health, nutrition, organic
farming. Other member benefits include a children’s garden
and free cooking classes
The
Root Connection CSA is owned by farm members. For information on
becoming a part owner, click
here.
Newsletters: We are now archiving our newsletters. To read the most current and archived newsletters click here.
Root Connection Blog: You can read more about the farm on the web at: http://rootconnectionfarm.blogspot.com/
Twitter Feed: Catch the most up to date tweets from the farm at: http://twitter.com/#!/freshnyummy
More blogs: Read Kristin Martin's CSA blog, complete with photos and recipes, here:
Share
the bounty from local farms through Farms for Life charity. To find out
more, click here.
"A walk through the farm makes your day end in a smile."
"We
all feel more connected with the earth and with the life that
springs forth from it to nourish our beings. I felt like the
veggies came from a friend's garden."
"Thanks
for giving me an invaluable gift for 13 years!"
"We love
the farm! It's a very important part of our week and helps instill
the right values in our children."
“I just finished cleaning the 12 gallon bag of organic
produce we get each week during the summer from the Root
Connection…If you’ve never tasted really fresh produce,
you’re missing out on one of life’s great treats.
Furthermore, the varieties of produce are optimized for flavor, not
shelf-life like virtually everything you get in the grocery store.
The carrots are amazingly sweet and crisp (the kids won’t eat
store-bought carrots anymore), the lettuce tastes like something
more than crunchy water, and the corn (later in the season) is like
nothing you’ve ever had. Plus, everything is organic, so no
scary poisons for the family, the environment, or the farm
workers.
I’m also happy that the boys can see where food comes from.
There are u-pick fields and kids gardens plus flowers and herbs for
members. I don’t want the kids to be so ignorant of where
food comes from…If it were just great produce, our farm share
would still be a good value. It’s good for the kids, good for
the land, and just makes me happy…”
THE
ROOT CONNECTION
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 267, Woodinville,
WA 98072, phone: 425-881-1006 (24 hours)
Farm location:
13607 Woodinville-Redmond Rd.
(no mail to this address, please!)
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