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Together we can rebuild our food system, restore our soil and waters, and revitalize rural communities.

What We Do

Sharing Our Roots exists to:

INNOVATE a path toward a more just, resilient and healthy food system by helping to build local wealth and food security;
SUPPORT and value the expertise of immigrant, low income, new and transitioning farmers in a shared economy and;
DEMONSTRATE perennial agriculture’s capacity to heal the land and care for community.

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About Us

Sharing Our Roots exists to

INNOVATE a path toward a more just, resilient and healthy food system by helping to build local wealth and food security;
SUPPORT and value the expertise of immigrant, low income, new and transitioning farmers in a shared economy and;
DEMONSTRATE perennial agriculture’s capacity to heal the land and care for community.

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Our Farm

On our 100-acre Farm in Dakota County, MN, we demonstrate the possible: a biodiverse system of symbiotically connected livestock and perennials that uses no chemical inputs, builds soil, retains and cleans water, and delivers economic benefits to the community.

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Resources

Our farm demonstrates and documents the economic, ecological and social impacts of regenerative agriculture. Explore our educational resources below, including video time-lapses, research snapshots and a Poultry Manual available to all farmers for free.

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Get Involved

People are at the heart of everything we do. Without community and partnerships, our farm would never be truly regenerative. We welcome people of all backgrounds, experiences and skill sets to join our team. There are many ways to get involved.

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Initiatives

Community Landshare

Community Connectors

WildlifeCounts

We can learn a lot about a landscape when we observe the presence and behaviors of native species. Learn More »

Land Commons

Support Small Farmers

Join the local food movement and support small farmers in our community! The Sharing Our Roots Farm is a home base for emerging and immigrant farmers selling high quality, regeneratively-grown vegetables, botanicals, beef, lamb and many other products.

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Featured Video

2022 Case Statement

Testimonials

Lindsay Rebhan and Paula Westmoreland

Sharing Our Roots farm is healing land and building community. It has been gratifying to work with the staff and the land to demonstrate solutions needed for a regenerative future. The transformation from a corn and soybean monocrop to a diverse, productive farmscape has been amazing. The farm is a place for real-time innovation and learning. We appreciate the farm team's holistic approach and understanding that successful transitions work for the land, people and the bottom line.

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Ecological Design

Peg Bouska

I appreciated gleaning the knowledge that Sharing Our Roots has, especially what the staff has learned from farm challenges they weren't expecting. The farm is such a beautiful space!

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Climate Land Leaders™

Senior Director, HCI Growing Up Healthy

Growing Up Healthy is proud to partner with Sharing Our Roots to create opportunities for Latinx and immigrant kids and families to connect socially through agriculture. Through our collaborative partnership, we are transforming the community - cultivating neighborhood leadership, fostering social connectedness, and collectively advocating for systems-level change. Sharing Our Roots is a critical part of what makes this a place where kids can truly grow up healthy.

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Sandy Malecha

Al Singer

When Dakota County and the Main Street Project began envisioning the Sharing Our Roots project, the goal was to create a rural enterprise model that combined profitable, regenerative agriculture and protecting and improving natural resources with opportunities for landowners, agricultural producers, agency staff, the financial industry, and others to learn about how these systems could be better integrated to achieve greater benefits. This project required creativity, patience, persistence and flexibility among all of the partners. A very special place has now been permanently protected and available for people to experience the transformation that is taking place.

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Land Conservation Manager, Dakota County

Board Member & Graduate of Sharing Our Roots’ Poultry Training

The poultry training we participated in through Sharing Our Roots was very practical. My husband and I felt supported as we navigated the possibilities of growing chickens on our own. We definitely got smarter because we took this class together! We are also more inspired!

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Christine Luna Munger