The Happs

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    Fall Harvest Dinner

    We are so honored by the coverage of our 2012 Fall Harvest Dinner in Midwest Living this month. If you haven't checked it out yet be sure to pickup a copy, and check out the awesome photos our good friend Nate Luke made of the event. Also checkout the list of local businesses who helped us pull this event off. 

    Béla was mind blown by having her picture in a national publication!

    If you are interested in attending the Fall Harvest Dinner in 2013 please sign-up for our email list by clicking the link on the right side of this page. We'll send out a message as soon as tickets are available.

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    Springfield Urban Agriculture does tons of great stuff for Springfield's local foods scene. Right now they are raising funds to place handwashing stations in each one of the ten schoolyard gardens which they've installed at Springfield R-12 schools. If you can spare a fiver it would really help them out! Click here to find  out how.

  • Four Season Growing

    Four Season Growing

    Urban Roots Farm is a four season farm, meaning we grow, and market fresh produce every month of the year. We are able to do this despite the temperate climate of Southwest Missouri thanks to our three mobile high tunnels.

    Our high tunnels accumulate heat during sunshine hours, even when outdoor temperatures are well below freezing. At night the sun warmed soil almost never freezes. 

    What does this mean to you? Fresh local produce 12 months per year. What does it mean to us? The ability to make a living growing vegetables on only 1.5 acres. Yay for win win!

    If you'd like more details about how high tunnels work click here.

  • Claytonia?

    Claytonia?

    This week we will include a new green in the winter CSA share. Claytonia. These heart-shaped leaves are about the size of a quarter, and taste wild and fresh. They have an interesting spongy structure which adds tactile interest to any salad. They're also great on sandwiches.

    For the salad above we flash sauteed spinach with a bit of salt, olive oil and balsamic vinegar. We added iron skillet toasted pine nuts, and finally tossed in pea shoots, and claytonia. Delicious!

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    Ahhhh Shoot! 

    Today's winter CSA share will include pea shoots! We like to eat them on salads, sandwiches, and stir fry. They have a pea flavor, and are very tender. Today for lunch we had them on Tuna sandwiches. Enjoy!

  • We love our interns

    We love our interns

    Urban Roots Farm participates in the Ozarks CRAFT program which is a program of Springfield Urban Agriculture Coalition. Our first full term (four seasons or 1 year) intern just left us at the beggining of January. Christian will certainly be missed at Urban Roots, but we look forward to looking on as he rocks the agriculture world in Columbiana, Ohio. He and his bride Alison have begun working to create a small farm, and cafe.

    The internship program is intended to give folks, who are interested in farming as a profession, the opportunity to get real world hands on experience farming. We say folks will walk away from the experience with certianty that either they absolutely want to farm, or they absolutely don't. We currently have one internship opportunity available. If you are interested please take a look at the Ozarks Craft page, and contact us if it seems like a fit for you.