Rooted

10/09/2026

Join Stay Well with Dr. Zorba Paster and Rooted for a presentation and tasting event about fresh food, plant-based protein, and the importance of healthy eating – without breaking the bank. Dr. Zorba will help us decipher the best advice for eating for a long, healthy life focusing on the five pillars of wellness, highlighting local produce and inexpensive grocery store staples.

Hosted at the Badger Rock Neighborhood Center, community members are encouraged to attend the talk, taste locally grown food from Rooted and its partners, and learn more about Rooted’s work. This event is free and open to the public, with all donations benefiting Rooted’s food security work increasing access to locally grown food for thousands of folks across Dane County.

Please RSVP--we want to make sure there's a spot for you!
https://givebutter.com/eating-for-life-with-dr-zorba-paster

10/08/2026

Troy Farm is offering a fall CSA membership to keep you nourished with delicious and nutritious veggies through the autumn! Our fall CSA membership includes three pre-packed boxes every other week from October 22 to November 19. Each box will have 8-10 types of veggies, including a mix of cooking greens, fresh greens, root veggies, and storage vegetables. These boxes are larger than our regular season boxes, with produce that will last longer--perfect for cold-weather cooking projects like homemade soup or holiday dinners, and storage vegetables that will last well into the winter! Sign up here: https://rootedwi.wufoo.com/forms/m1luispm1keuwv3/

10/07/2026

Our September CommUNITY Dinner at Badger Rock is this Friday, October 9, celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month! Join us for a FREE meal, performance by Angela Puerta, cooking workshop with Myra Guevara, art workshop with Paola Mayorga, the Badger Rock farm stand, and more. Come meet neighbors and school families at Badger Rock, all are invited! https://rootedwi.org/event/badger-rock-community-dinner-5/2026-10-09/

10/06/2026

Thank you to the Whole Foods Market team for volunteering at Troy Farm! The helping hands are very much appreciated at harvest time!

The Whole Foods team helped harvest 450 pounds of beets (!!) and helped Rooted prepare for our Harvest Fest by collecting apples for c***r pressing - it's one of our favorite fall activities!

We appreciate Whole Foods for prioritizing community service and local food security!

10/05/2026

10/02/2026

Harvest Fest is tomorrow! See you at Troy Farm this Saturday, October 3rd, for fresh pressed apple c***r (made with our apples harvested from the farm!), build your own bouquets (from our u-pick flower garden!), a variety of workshops (including tie dye, medicinal herbs, reed weaving, and cooking demos), live music with The Earthlings (kids can play along!), food for sale from Cafe Costa Rica, kids activities, farm tour, and more. Come celebrate fall on the farm! https://rootedwi.org/event/harvest-fest-2/

09/30/2026

Rooted is excited to welcome Dr. Zorba Paster to the Badger Rock Neighborhood Center on Thursday, October 22nd for a conversation about low-cost, high-protein seasonal eating. Sounds complicated? Dr. Zorba will help demystify meal preparation and share tips to prioritize your health when at the grocery store - without breaking the budget. The event is free and all are invited, and a light meal will be provided! Please RSVP to save your spot: https://givebutter.com/eating-for-life-with-dr-zorba-paster
Stay Well with Dr. Zorba Paster

09/29/2026

We're finally coming to the end of the growing season, and our last Troy Farm community event of the year. Join us on the land one more time this fall for Harvest Fest this Saturday, October 3rd! We'll be pressing fresh apple c***r, building beautiful bouquets from our annual flowers, and offering hands-on workshops from friends of the farm--including reed weaving, tie dye, medicinal herbs, and cooking demos! There will also be food for sale from Cafe Costa Rica, live music with The Earthlings, and more. We hope to see you on Saturday! https://rootedwi.org/event/harvest-fest-2/

09/28/2026

We can't stop thinking about our last garden night - Bandit Tacos SHOWED UP with a whole team plus some friends from Lazy Jane's Cafe, and cooked tacos until we sold out. All sales went straight to Rooted to help support Troy Farm.

We loved seeing folks of all ages enjoying food, music from Dj Mojo, the gardens in bloom, and hands on play--together. And a special shoutout to our friends over at Kennedy Heights Community Center for bringing your crew!

We've got once last chance to get together on the land this season, at Harvest Fest this Saturday: https://rootedwi.org/event/harvest-fest-2/

We couldn't share these free Garden Night events without the help of our sponsors, including: Bandit Tacos, W***y Street Co-op, IBEW Local 159, and Lake Ridge Bank. Thank you!

09/28/2026

Our Badger Rock gardening & culinary arts classes have been learning about seed saving with open-pollinated seeds! The students are observing how plants flower, are pollinated, then form seeds, learning about cross-polination and how we can prevent it, and exploring choosing the vegetables they like the traits of best (great taste, early ripening, resistant to pests, adaptable to changing climate) to save seeds from. With seed saving, over time you will end up with varieties that have the best of the traits you want and are best suited for the conditions in your own garden or farm! Saving your own seeds also means you don't have to rely on seed companies to grow your own food. Our classes saved seeds from tomatoes, cucumbers, dill, marigolds, beans, milkweed, sunflowers, mustard and more at the Badger Rock urban farm.