Neighborhood Roots

There’s something pretty special about gathering around a table to celebrate the people who grow our food.

Neighborhood Roots’ annual Farm to Table Dinner is just ONE WEEK away!

Join us for an evening at Dodge Nature Center featuring a locally inspired, family-style dinner, live music, and a celebration of the farmers, neighbors, volunteers, and supporters who make our local food system possible.

Proceeds from the evening directly support Neighborhood Roots and our work to strengthen local farmers markets, support small-scale farmers and food makers, and build a more connected and resilient local food system.

📅 Sunday, October 11
⏰ 4:30–7:00 PM
📍 Dodge Nature Center

Tickets are still available! If you believe in local food, local farmers, and strong communities, we’d love to have you at the table.

🎟️ Get your tickets: https://www.neighborhoodrootsmn.org/dinner

We’re bringing together an incredible group of local partners for Growing Our Roots: Farm-to-Table Dinner & Fundraiser!

🍽️ Heather’s and Broders will be preparing the main dinner, featuring ingredients from our farmers and market vendors.

👨‍🍳 Chef Aaron will be creating hors d’oeuvres for the social hour.

🍷 Town Hall Lanes will be bartending and serving w**e and their own local brewery beers, with a signature fall cocktail from Du Nord Spirits.

🎶 Listen to Girls will bring live folk music to the evening.

🍰 A wide array of desserts from our market vendors will round out the meal.

We’re so grateful to each of these partners for helping us create an evening that celebrates local food, farmers, and our market community.

Join us Sunday, October 11 from 4:30–7 PM at Dodge Nature Center.

🎟️ Get your tickets at www.neighborhoodrootsmn.org/dinner.

Join Our Farm-to-Table Dinner! - https://mailchi.mp/neighborhoodrootsmn.org/02192022-17248749

Did you know that most common metals are infinitely recyclable? ♻️ Free Geek Twin Cities is back at the market for our second low-to-no cost technology and electronics recycling drive of the season!

Bring your broken, obsolete or unwanted tech to the market during open hours to donate. Free Geek will fix what they can (to distribute at little to no cost back to the community), and recycle what they can't - giving your old electronics a second life.

Suggested donations are $5 for printers and scanners and $10-30 for TVs and monitors, but no one will be turned away.

Leave your questions in the comments, and we'll see you on Saturday! 🤖

🍂 Growing Our Roots: Farm-to-Table Dinner & Fundraiser

Join us Sunday, October 11 from 4:30–7:00 PM at Dodge Nature Center for an evening celebrating local food, farmers, and community.

This year’s dinner will feature a meal prepared with ingredients sourced from our farmers market vendors, with partners including Heather’s and Broders helping bring the menu to life. We’re excited to showcase the incredible farmers and food producers who make our markets special.

The evening will also include drinks, hors d’oeuvres, live music, a silent auction, w**e pull, dessert, and plenty of time to gather and connect.

Proceeds support the Southwest, Kingfield, and Nokomis Farmers Markets and our community food access programs.

🎟️ Tickets are limited. Get yours at www.neighborhoodrootsmn.org/dinner.

Can’t attend? You can still help by purchasing a ticket for a vendor or making a donation.

Did you know there are perks to volunteering at the farmers' market (beyond supporting local food systems and building community)? 🌱

Anyone who volunteers 3+ shifts in a season for our zero waste program earns $15 in market tokens. And we still have seven weeks left of market season, so there's plenty of time to earn!

Other volunteer positions include setup and teardown, giving out samples at our Power of Produce booth, and helping run our community swaps. No previous experience needed for any role, including zero waste.

Interested? Sign up at the link in our bio! 💚

If you're reading this, you probably already know there are great personal benefits to buying your food local. But what's the bigger picture? Why get out of bed early, or delay cooking dinner, to shop at a farmers' market?🤷🏽

We've collaborated with the National Farmers' Market Coalition to provide you with some answers. (Or talking points, for the next time someone asks *you* these questions!)

Happy National Farmers' Market Week! 🥬💚🍉

If you're feeling a little, well, suffocated by the impact of human activity on our ecosystem health this week, we've got a simple way for you to make a difference - come volunteer at the farmers' market.

We need help running our community swaps and zero waste program. No experience necessary! We train you in day of, and you spend a couple hours listening to live music, chatting with neighbors, and diverting compostables, recyclables, and household goods from the landfill.

The impact? By reducing market operation costs, you're helping local, sustainable farmers bring their food to our community at an accessible price, improving their livelihoods while decreasing the carbon footprint of our food systems. And you get to build community with people who care for the planet the same way you do.

Follow the link in our bio to sign up. We'll see you there soon. 💚♻️

Want to know which vendors will be at the market each week? What produce and products to add to your shopping list? Who's playing music? If Power of Produce Club, a cooking demo, or a community swap is going on?

Subscribe to our newsletter!

With one email per week, per market (and an occasional PSA about extra opportunities to be part of the market community), our newsletter is the best way to stay up-to-date on all things Nokomis, Southwest, Kingfield, and Neighborhood Roots.

Follow the link in our bio to subscribe! 🥕

Represent your neighborhood farmers market and celebrate 25 years of being in community with our limited edition anniversary merch! Store closes Sunday, July 12th so order today! Shop here: https://afternoon-printing.printavo.com/merch/neighborhoodroots