Sowing Seeds: Celebrating Local Foods & Lost Skills

Sowing Seeds: Celebrating Local Foods & Lost Skills

Sunday, July 23^rd - 11:00am-3:00pm - Alternative Roots Farm, Madelia

Together let's plant the seeds of a more sustainable and resilient future! Join the Minnesota River Chapter SFA for a fun and memorable afternoon that’s all about celebrating local foods and rediscovering traditional self-sufficiency skills! 

Sowing Seeds: Celebrating Local Foods & Lost Skills is coming up on Sunday, July 23^rd. The event runs from 11:00am-3:00pm and features kids activities, a food truck, pop-up farmers market, 10 skill share demos, organic farm tour, and a flax-to-linen demonstration. 

Skill shares range from Canning 101 to Mushroom Prep & Preservation to Seed Starting 101 and more. The event is being hosted by Alternative Roots Farm, a certified organic farm focused on organic perennial fruit, pastured heritage pigs and more. 

Tickets: $10 for adults, kids under 12 free. Reservation only, no walkups please. 

Parking: Gravel road. 

Join the Facebook event for more updates, full schedule and information. 

Register HERE. 

Volunteer HERE.

Brooke Knisley, Alternative Roots Farm

Mary Fischer, K & M Fisher Farm