Deep Roots Festival

Saturday, September 13, 2025
2:00 - 6:00 p.m.

North Circle Seeds
26253 485th Street Vergas, MN 56587

Deep Roots Festival is a community celebration that increases our connection to local foods and the farmers and growers who make them in the Lake Agassiz Region.

Tickets coming soon.

Deep Roots Festival is so excited to feature two-time James Beard award-winning author and chef, Amy Thielen, as our keynote speaker!

Along with her keynote presentation, Amy will be sharing a cooking demo and will be available to sign copies of her books including:

Give a Girl a Knife
The New Midwestern Table
and her latest book, Company.

Learn more about Amy HERE.

Good Eats at Deep Roots

Admission to this year’s event includes a locally sourced meal catered by Spanky’s Stone Hearth.

Classes

In addition to our keynote presentation by Amy Thielen, there will be six different local foods sessions you can attend.

Seed saving
kimchi making
farm tours, and more!

Youth Activities

Folks of all ages will find something for them at Deep Roots! Free youth activities will be available.
Youth twelve and under are free to attend.

Vendors

We are excited to welcome back

MANNA Co-Op
North Circle Seeds
and other favorite vendors to the festival

See below for vendor registration info.

Be a Vendor or Exhibitor!

Download vendor information and the application 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.

Sponsor Deep Roots!

Support the mission and outreach of this event. Be included in all advance promotion and on festival day.

Monetary and In-kind sponsorships are invited, and included complementary tickets, booth space and logo presence.

More information and sponsor application is HERE.

Online Sponsorship Payment Portal HERE.

Inherent Risks of Agritourism

Inherent Risks of Livestock Activity

We welcome certified service animals but all other pets must stay at home. Thank you.

Our 2025 Sponsors

Our partner organization on this project is:https://www.renewingthecountryside.org

This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under agreement number 2023-38640-39573 through the North Central Region SARE program under project number H011171408. USDA is an equal opportunity employer and service provider. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and should not be construed to represent any official USDA or U.S. Government determination or policy.

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.

- Regenerative Tour of Slow Cycle Farm
- Shitake Mushroom Cultivation
- Fiber Arts Demonstration

1:30-2:15 p.m.

- Garlic Planting Workshop
- Mead Making 101
- Strictly Mushrooms

2:30-3:15

- 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.