Local Roots Farm

Three days left to sign up for our 2026 Community Supported Agriculture! Curious what you'll get each week? Here are some sample boxes for each week of the season. More info and signup form here: localrootsfarm.com/csa

June
garlic scapes
radishes
kale
turnips
scallions
arugula
2 heads baby lettuce
Italian chard

July
zucchini
fresh garlic
Lacinato kale
kohlrabi
3 heads baby lettuce
basil
carrots
bok choi

August
1 # green beans
basil
1 # tomatoes
cucumber (2)
carrots
2.5 # yellow potatoes
Italian chard
zucchini
sweet onions
escarole

September
2 .5 # red potatoes
curly kale
1 # tomatoes
carrots
1 # green beans
fennel
yellow onions
cabbage
baby lettuces

October
2 # fingerling potatoes
collard greens
Kabocha squash
carrots
red onions
green cabbage
beets
radicchio
garlic

November
Lacinato kale
parsnips
rainbow carrots
cauliflower
leeks
radicchio
2.5 # potatoes
garlic
Delicata squash
daikon radishes

After the 2010 growing season we found ourselves landless farmers with a newborn. We lost the lease on our original location, and spent a couple very stressful months trying to figure out what to do next. A serendipitous conversation at a potluck led us to our new home: 40 acres of rich floodplain soil with a derelict 100-year-old house. We started over from scratch in February 2011, plowing ground and building greenhouses, all with a goal of starting our CSA and market season in June as usual. Looking back on it now, I am in awe of the energy and sheer audacity we had then. We also had a tremendous crew, who went along for the ride during this completely bonkers transition. Special appreciation for Brady, now of , who was instrumental in getting our infrastructure up and running that year. Jeez - I’m exhausted just thinking about it!

The throwback pics will continue this coming week. In the meantime, here is the current day photo of our 2026 pepper crop. Things are getting busy around here and we still need a few people to join our Community Supported Agriculture weekly produce box delivery, which begins in mid June. Get on the list and get some of these amazing Gatherers Gold peppers!

Our trip down farm memory lane continues with 2008. This year, we teamed up with the incomparable Emily Crawford Dann on a series of farm dinners. She and Matt Dillon were working on getting The Corson Building open, and I guess she had some time on her hands? Anyway, Emily, with support from a real who's who of the scrappy Seattle restaurant scene of the mid 2000s, cooked a handful of truly epic meals on the farm. She made creative use of all the weird stuff we were doing back then as newbie farmers: stringy chicken that we raised ourselves; tons of farm grown produce; black chickpeas we grew, harvested, and threshed by hand. What didn't come directly from the farm we sourced from fellow farmers market vendors: stone fruit, seafood, berries, foraged greens. It was a magical summer! Oh yeah, and Outstanding in the Field came too! Were you a guest at one of these dinners? We'd love to see your photos!