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

Poultry Training

Over the last ten years, we’ve trained 100+ beginning poultry producers in raising free-range chickens and business management.  Learn More »

Join Our CSA

As a consumer, you have the power to change our food system. Every purchase you make is a conscious choice that has an impact on people and the environment. Our flocks are raised humanely by beginning and immigrant farmers who love the land. Our chickens are free-range, free of antibiotics, free of hormones and free of GMOs. Buy your chicken CSA share today!
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Featured

  • Perennial Agriculture: The Key to Climate Resiliency

    09/22/2021
    COMMENTS FROM WENDY JOHNSON Farmer and Climate Land Leader Sharing Our Roots for the Climate Event, Northfield, MN, Sept. 9, 2021 Good afternoon! I am very happy to be here today. What a beautiful day it is for a field day! My name is Wendy Johnson, a farmer and Climate Land Leader who stewards land on former hunting and ...

Testimonials

Slide 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. " " Ecological Design Slide 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! " " Climate Land Leaders™ Slide 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. " " Sandy Malecha Slide 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. " " Land Conservation Manager, Dakota County Slide 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! " " Christine Luna Munger
With your help, we can restore the health of our planet and revitalize rural communities through the power of regenerative agriculture.