Deep Roots Festival

Increasing our connection to local foods and the producers who make them in the Lake Agassiz Region.

Saturday, September 14, 2024

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.

Festival Schedule

Local Foods Tours | 12:00- 2:45 | Open to ticket holders only.

Join us for some great local foods tours before the Festival even starts! We are happy to be showcasing local food businesses and farms on this year's line-up.

We ask that you only attend these events if you have purchased or intend to purchase your ticket to the festival. Tour times are set, so please do not show up outside of specific start times,

Meet the New MANNA 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Be sure to stop by event sponsor, MANNA Co-Op's new location for a tour! The co-op is expanding in a big way to the old Ace Hardware building on the corner of Washington and Veteran's.

This expansion will include a commercially licensed kitchen available for local producers to step up their production game. Stop on by and chat with Ryan Pesch, Co-Op treasurer to check it out.

Vendors and Food: At the Orchard from 3:00-7:00pm
Including:

CornerStone Farm

The Lovely Lemon

MANNA Co-Op

Clay County Public Health

Bucks Mill Brewing

MANNA Co-Op

Lida Farm

More coming soon!

Classes at Deep Roots | Included with Admission

There is a great line-up of hands-on skills classes during this year's festival.

Composting 101 with Cedar Walters
Fresh Herbs in the Kitchen with Bonnie Juma
Growing Shiitakes with Ron Roller
Local Food Hacks Round Table with Scott Roser
Homemade Dairy Made Simple with Kelsey Wulf
Orcharding 101 with Thaddeus McCamant
Garlic Planting Workshop with Ryan Pesch
Growing Microgreens with Rick Abrahamson

Art & Entertainment

Face She Paints Face Painting
Earth in Common with local artist Katy Olson
Natural Dialogues with local photographer Jon Solinger
Live music by Anthony Miltich
Free Kid's Activities

Buy Tickets

Buy tickets in advance to get a discount, or purchase at the gate on the day of the festival.

Members must log in to see member pricing.
Learn more about joining SFA here.

Buy tickets

Refunds for cancellations can be requested up to 48 hours prior to the event.

Advance tickets

$15 for non-members
$10 for SFA members
Children 12 and under are free.

Tickets at the gate

$20 for non-members
$15 for members
Children 12 and under are free.

Be a Vendor or Exhibitor!

You can be a vendor or exhibitor at Deep Roots!

PDF and printable Vendor/Exhibitor Application HERE.

Online Vendor Payment Portal 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 HERE.

Online Sponsorship Payment Portal HERE.

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

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

Beet Sponsor

https://wcif.org

This event is part of the Renewing the Countryside's Come & Get It project. Funding for Come and Get It was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the organizers and do not necessarily represent the official views of the USDA.

Inherent Risks of Agritourism Inherent Risks of Livestock Activity

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.