Tour organic vegetable farm
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PABLO — The Ronan Natural Resource and Conservation Services Office and Lake County Conservation District are sponsoring the first ever “Production Vegetable Tour,” similar to our Pasture Walk Series, to learn about sustainable production techniques at Fresh Roots Farms 6-7:30 p.m. July 14 at 41041 Mountain View Rd in Polson. This tour is free, open to all and no RSVP is required. If you are a production growers or backyard gardener we encourage you to attend.
For more information, call NRCS, Andrew Malucelli at 406-676-2841.
Karl Sutton and his wife Darci Jones own and operate Fresh Roots Farm, a 15-acre certified organic vegetable farm northeast of Pablo at the base of the Mission Mountains. Their operation includes a moveable high tunnel and four acres of vegetable row crops and strawberries.
Fresh Roots Farm has made many adaptations to help them extend their growing seasons. In addition to selling fresh produce at farmers markets and wholesale through the Western Montana Growers Cooperative, they also grow vegetable seed sold throughout western Montana.
They have planted hundreds of trees and shrubs to increase beneficial insect habitat, buffer their fields from chemical drift, and act as a windbreak. They utilize crop rotation, reduced tillage, cover crops including cover crop cocktail mixes, biodegradable mulches, and micro-(drip)-irrigation.
