Monday, July 28, 2025

2025 Organic Apple Shares Sign Up!!

Sign up is open for 2025!

We are looking forward to a great season!! We have even picked a couple apples from our odd early birds for our family and made an apple crisp. :)


Fall Apple Share Offerings for 2025




Each week enjoy a 4 lb bag of fresh & local apples.
Each bag sports 1-2 varieties of our organic apples. A mix of standard, lesser known and old heritage types. We'll send out a short weekly newsletter, with apple facts, orchard notes and a recipe. Begins the first week of September.

Three weekly pick up locations:
A.R.F. farm store (Th., Fri., or Sat.) - 6 or 8 weeks
New Ulm Pick Up, Turner Halle Lot (Th. at 5:00pm) 6 or 8 weeks
Saturdays at the Mankato Farmers Market (8am-12pm) - 6 weeks

$60 :: 6 week Fall Apple Share
$78 :: 8 week Fall Apple Share *best price

*4 lbs not enough? The option to sign up for 2 shares is available.

Add to your Fall Apple Share Experience
Add on apple products and Winter Apple Shares.

Applesauce Share  ::  $88
A dozen jars of our clean-eating applesauce. Made with our delicious organic apples, a touch of local honey and organic lemon juice. Choose preferred month of pick up.

November Apple Share  ::  $25  
A 10 lb bag of table apples for fresh eating, baking or preserving. Primarily late-season storage varieties. This share will land 2-3 weeks following the 8 week Fall Apple Shares and 1-2 weeks before Thanksgiving.

Storage Bushel  ::  $94
Stock the larder for winter! Receive a waxed box containing 40 lbs of table apples to store for fresh winter eating, at wholesale price. Select interest in sign up form. Final reservations made in October, for pick up by arrangement in early-mid winter.


Please contact us at info@alternativerootsfarm.com or via Facebook with any questions.


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Tuesday, July 1, 2025

3rd Annual Sowing Seeds: Celebrating Local Foods & Lost Skills

There is much for the kiddos to engage in during Sowing Seeds!!
>Kids craft
>Bubbles
>Facepainting & glitter tattoos with Making Faces Mankato
>Llama Storytime!
>Giant Connect 4 Game
>Swing set
>Observing farm chickens
>Yummie Brick House Meats



Check out the SKILLS DEMOS and MORE!




July 1 Farm Store Update

Watch for 2025 Apple Shares CSA updates! Sign up starting for returning members and wait list folks ASAP!

Grab tickets for the 2025 3rd Annual Sowing Seeds: Celebrating Local Foods & Lost Skills event happening July 13th! Located right here at our farm.

What's In Store

Organic Seasonal Produce is keeping it fresh!
Tart Cherries
Kale
Garlic Scapes *Limited!
Rhubarb *Last call!
Raspberries *Starting this week!

Coming soon: zucchini, celery, cucumbers.

Eggs

Herbal wellness:
Knitbone Salve (muskuloskeletal/pain) 
Bruise Salve
Cottonwood Wound Salve (think natural Neosporin)
Herbal Bug Spray
Bug Bite Salve
Tick Away (essential oil spray)
Cool It Spray  (essential oil spray)
Calendula Lotion Bars
Herbal Tinctures

Applesauce
Apple Butter
Seasonal Jams

Tuesday-Friday 9-7pm & Saturday 9-2pm, or by Appt.

Cash (exact change), check or Venmo *please make sure your venmo goes through!
Bring a shopping bag, or box, bags also provided.

Parking in the parking area at the end of the tree rows. Thank you!