Deep Roots Festival
Increasing our connection to local foods and the producers who make them in the Lake Agassiz Region.
Saturday, September 14, 2024
Maple Hills Orchard, Frazee MN
More info: lakeagassiz@sfa-mn.org.
A Look Back at the 2023 Deep Roots Festival
Farm Tours, 10 a.m. - Noon:
Bus tour to 3 farms:
Learn directly from the farmers about how they sustainably grow food.
Silver Dust Farm
Meet Ken and Dori Larson at their organic, sixty-cow dairy farm in Ottertail. Silver Dust Farm is a local producer for Organic Valley Cooperative.
Grassroots
Enjoy a behind-the-scenes tour of the incredibly popular local greenhouse that specializes in apple trees and an eclectic mix of offerings.
Deep Winter Greenhouse
Join our host, John Salman at Slow Cycle Farm for an in-depth tour of the innovative Deep Winter Greenhouse design.
Workshops, Noon - 4p.m.
Learn about their craft directly from local makers and growers.
12:30-1:15 p.m.
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- Regenerative Tour of Slow Cycle Farm
- Shitake Mushroom Cultivation
- Fiber Arts Demonstration
1:30-2:15 p.m.
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- Garlic Planting Workshop
- Mead Making 101
- Strictly Mushrooms
2:30-3:15
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- Hydroponics for Everyone
- Fermentation for Beginners
- Basics of Herbal Balms
Entertainment, Noon - 4p.m.
An art exhibit, food, music, marketplace & kids activities.
More info: lakeagassiz@sfa-mn.org.
You can be a vendor at Deep Roots!
More info and the vendor applications are HERE.
Volunteer!
You'll get FREE admission to the event as well as a t-shirt and a chance to win prizes from our local vendors.
More info and sign-up HERE.
We welcome certified service animals but all other pets must stay at home. Thank you.
See a video of the 2022 Deep Roots Festival HERE
