The Winter growers podcast
with Mike & Kelli Roberts of Roots Farm
Kelli and Mike of Roots Farm, a certified-organic, diversified vegetable farm in Tiverton, RI, grow year-round on 1.5 acres using no-till, intensive farming methods and six moveable high-tunnels, each 30' x 48' in size. The use of moveable tunnels maximizes both time and space, utilizing three moves each year to optimize production, especially in the shoulder seasons…
edible rhody
Roots Farm in Tiverton
“High-Yield Farming on a Small Footprint: an Answer to the High Cost of Farmland in Rhode Island” article by Helena Touhey and photos by Chip Riegel
“Weekends with Yankee” Episode 401: Deep Roots
features a visit to Roots Farm, aired in 2020.
Real organic project certified
Roots Farm has been certified with ROP for 2020, 2021, 2022
The Real Organic Project is a farmer-led movement created to distinguish soil-grown and pasture-raised products under USDA organic. In response to the lack of enforcement of some vital USDA Organic standards to protect soil health and animal welfare, organic farmers rallied together to fight to protect the integrity of the organic label.
USDA organic certified
Roots Farm has been certified with the USDA since 2011
Certifiers: RI Department of Environmental Management from 2020 to present,
and Baystate Organic Certifiers from 2011 to 2020.