Spring is in full swing at woven roots farm
Image of a hand tending to seedlings in a greenhouse full of transplants. Photo by Jen Salinetti.
Happy Spring from Woven Roots Farm! As the weather gets warmer, we are reminded of the possibility of renewal, rebirth, regrowth, change, optimism, and joy. We feel it on the farm as cardinals, titmice, and chickadees become more active. We welcome back warblers, thrushes, and sparrows. Crocuses, daffodils, trilliums and trout lilies are in full bloom. Our seedlings are ready for transplanting and our farm crew is hard at work bed-prepping for the season.
Buckets of white and yellow daffodils sitting in front of the spokes of a wooden garden cart. Photo by Oona Sellow.
With heavy hearts, we grieve for our beloved kin who are being forcibly removed from places they call home locally, as well as those who are still facing violence from genocide globally. We also grieve the effects of climate change on the planet, including the recent fires in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. For many of us, it is hard to grapple with what's happening in the news, the world, and in our lives.
A greenhouse full of rows of seedlings. Photo by Jen Salinetti.
We offer Woven Roots Farm as an oasis within the chaos. As the start of the CSA season approaches and Woven Roots Farm prepares to expand with a farm store and year-round community programming, we want to highlight our dedication to supporting sustainability and the rejuvenation of the Earth, as well as our commitment to supporting our marginalized communities. We are dedicated to being a safe space for BIPOC, (im)migrant, non-citizen voices, LGBTQ+, disabled, and other intersecting and systemically exploited lived experiences. This space is home for everyone, regardless of where you come from or how you identify. We are also committed to and proudly a part of the changing of culture. We hope to be a beacon of safety and healing for all. In a world of capitalism, of structures of input and output, we value mutuality and reciprocity with the earth and each other.
A bud forming in the center of purple and green variegated tulip foliage. Photo by Oona Sellow.
Three farm crew members transplanting the first seedlings of the season by hand. Photo by Jen Salinetti.
Some offerings from Woven Roots Farm that can help us stay grounded and connected—to our precious Mother Earth and to each other—during the weeks and months ahead:
Learn about our collaborative food sovereignty program with Finca Luna Búho
JOIN our Summer/Fall Vegetable and Herbs Share, Cut Flowers, and Egg Share
Come work with us! We are still looking for farm crew members! Click here to learn more.
Two farm crew members are taking out perennial weeds to bed prep. Photo by Eleanor Stewart.
Thank you for being part of this community and culture of change, hope, resilience, and love. We are honored to be growing with you.
“To love a place is not enough. We must find ways to heal it.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants