Who we are
The name, Roots Run Deep, aligns with the farm owner’s deep ties to Iowa and to the mission to create a perennial food and flower sanctuary that nourishes the earth and visitors alike.
The vision of such a farm comes from a reflection of stories the farm owner heard of Iowa - the bounty of the land and the hard-working people who shared and cared for one another. The farm owner’s mother and father both tended to their small gardens in California connecting them to their midwestern roots.
These sanctuaries, backyard and community garden plots, filled the farm owner’s parents with joy, love, and fulfillment. The nourishing nature of how those sanctuaries filled her parents is what she envisions recreating and sharing with the community of Fairfield. Her canvas, a small mostly perennial farm that is perfectly situated on a hill overlooking farmland and only a few minutes drive to the center of town.
Farming with the Seasons
Open from early April to late October, Roots Run Deep provides a refuge from work and school and offers a natural sanctuary just minutes from the city center of Fairfield.
Volunteers are welcome to join the farm’s team during planting and harvesting seasons and anytime to assist with landscaping and conservation efforts. The farm changes with the seasons which provides different experiences at different times of the year: early spring, spring, summer, late summer, early fall and late fall. All these seasons look, smell, and taste different.
The hope is that visitors will experience and connect with these seasons, when different things grow and how trees and plants change over time - expressing the cycle of life from new growth at the start of spring to dormancy in late fall/ early winter.
The farm’s vision of ‘slow farming’ exemplifies pausing and experiencing the nuances of the seasonal crops as they cycle through from spring to fall.
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