Local Food From Our Pastures to Your Plate

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Raw Honey from Pasture-based Floral Sources

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About Us

Fresh Roots Farm was established in 2011, by us, Michelle Schram and Troy Stozek. We produce grassfed beef and lamb and raw pasture-based honey on land that we steward responsibly using holistic and regenerative management, near Cartwright, Manitoba. We aimed to put down “fresh roots” with equally fresh ideas and optimism for growing good food from the land, feeding local Manitoba families and cultivating a meaningful life and livelihood for raising our own family. Find out more about us.

How to get our food:

Our Farm-to-Eater Deliveries are as easy as 1, 2, 3!

Make your order online (see our Order Food page)
Meet up with us (the farmers) at the central pick-up location in Winnipeg
Pay upon pick-up and take your food home to enjoy with your family!

Also, there’s no obligation for you to make an order every month.

Upcoming Delivery:

Winnipeg: Saturday, January 19th, 2018 – find online farm store here

Some common questions we hear

What is ‘grassfed’?
What is the best way to cook grassfed meats?
How do I soften my honey?
Why does my honey have a whitish layer on top?

See our FAQ’s page for answers and more.

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MEET THE TEAM: Kevin We are excited to have Kevin

MEET THE TEAM: Kevin
We are excited to have Kevin join us for the third season in a row. Those in our local Cartwright area will recognize Kevin!

Having a returning employee like Kevin has been a goal for us, as his familiarity with us, our farm, animals, systems and products is a major benefit for all involved. And, perhaps we will even convince him to like chickens one day! (I myself am a convert, lol). Fun fact: Kevin is a great photographer and took our family photos from last Summer.
Here is a bit about Kevin, in his own words:

“Hi, my name is Kevin Wall. I am currently in grade 11 and I have been working at Fresh Roots Farm for 3 summers now. I enjoy working outside and helping where I’m needed. At work my favourite things to do are working with the farm animals. I hate chickens though. When I don’t work I like to go fishing, work on my car or play sports such as Volleyball, Baseball and Hockey. I like riding snowmobiles and dirt bikes. I have a 2 year old dog named Mocka. She is a Belgian Malinois and I spend time with her whenever I can.”

MEET THE TEAM: Vanessa Hey everyone! It’s about

MEET THE TEAM: Vanessa

Hey everyone! It’s about time we introduced you all to Vanessa, who joined the Fresh Roots Farm team this year as our resident apprentice via the @youngagrarians Farm Apprenticeship Program.

Vanessa has been with us for one month already, and has wholeheartedly jumped into life on the farm. She is a BSc Agronomy student at University of Manitoba, though moved here from B.C. to learn more about agriculture on the Prairies. She has a rich, varied work and life experience, including a Red Seal in Automotive Refinishing, working at a therapy farm, zoo, and experience working on commercial beekeeping operations.

It was clear to us from the beginning that Vanessa is passionate about the care of animals, and we are so lucky to have her doing many of the daily chores for our chickens, sheep and cattle, in addition to apiary work and vegetable gardening. She is a momma to her 3 cats (and now 2 bottle lambs)! She is hardworking and believes in our goals for regenerative agriculture here on the farm.

Vanessa sees herself fitting into an agrarian future after completing her degree with a career in conservation agronomy, and continuing to support ecological methods. She dreams of having her own piece of land to raise livestock and keep bees, and contributing to community food security and sovereignty.

We were also lucky to have had some help during her first weeks from her husband Oz, who helped us make many hive frames for our quickly growing apiary this Summer.

We’re feeling very grateful to have Vanessa on our team this season, and have enjoyed the supports of the Young Agrarians Farm Apprenticeship program’s first year in MB!

Lambing...we’re in it! We have had about 20 lamb

Lambing...we’re in it! We have had about 20 lambs hit the ground since Friday and more to come. Lots of twins so far, and even one set of triplets! Keep an eye on our Stories to see more of that cuteness.
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In addition to that, we have been busy with hive splitting, moving cattle on pasture, planting the vegetable garden and collecting eggs...not to mention wrangling a toddler and attempting to keep a baby happy whose cries sound identical to the lambs’ (no, we have not put Sasha out to pasture). If we have been slow answering emails...we apologize, but it’s all a bit loco 🤪
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We are also busy making up meat orders with a #farmtoeaterdelivery coming up soon this Thursday June 10, at St James & St Vital! Will be updating our online store later today.
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On a less windy day this week, we took the whole F

On a less windy day this week, we took the whole FRF team (kiddos and all) for a pasture tour, to give everyone a feel for the land they’ll be helping to steward this Summer. A sense of place is important, and as we moved through the hayland, pasture, newly rented land and finally creek valley, each spot under our feet tells a slightly different story. The plant species, the herd impact, the soil type, the shelterbelts, resident raptors/songbirds and cow patty structure - all are varied and important, if you know what to look for and interpret its meaning.
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This is our 11th season on this land (not counting my own childhood memories, scattered at best) and we are still learning so much about what it has to tell us. It feels special to share this with such a solid team of people we have with us this year (who we look forward to introducing you to on here, soon). We also hope there might be opportunities to share some of this in person with our dear customers, once circumstances allow.
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Feeling grateful for this place that provides us with some grounding in a very tumultuous time. We will share what we can with you virtually this season, and appreciate those of you who follow along, wish us fruitful rains and ask how our animals (and kids) are doing.

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