This fall, we’re inviting you out of your inbox and into the field! On Saturday, September 6, 2025, the Roots and Rhythms: A Regenerative Farm Tour will take you on an incredible journey through four dynamic Denver-area farms. These aren’t just any farms; they’re all working tirelessly at the intersection of food, land, and community care.
But this isn’t just a tour. It’s a direct response to what we heard from you.
Earlier this year, at our “Where Do We Go From Here?” gathering, our community made a clear call: Slow down. Reconnect with the natural world. Honor ancestral knowledge. Learn from the land.
Roots and Rhythms was born from that powerful call. It’s a day designed for you to move at the pace of the season, to explore real-life solutions being cultivated in our food system, and to meet the dedicated people who are doing the vital work of regeneration every single day—often quietly, often in the margins, and always with profound care.
Why Farm Tours Matter More Than Ever
Farm tours offer significant chances for real connection in a time when people are becoming more and more disconnected from the land and labor. With nearly 98% of Americans no longer directly involved in agriculture, most of us eat food daily without truly knowing how it’s grown or who grows it.
A tour opens that door. It lets you meet the incredible people behind your food. It’s one thing to read about regenerative practices online; it’s an entirely different experience to stand in a bed of thriving cover crops, to feel the richness of living soil beneath your boots, and to learn directly from a farmer why they chose a certain crop or method based on the specific needs of the land.
Tours help shift public narratives by making farming feel real, local, and deeply human—not distant or abstract. They’re not just about information; they’re about understanding, about standing with farmers, not just learning from them.
The Tour: Our Featured Farms
This year’s Roots and Rhythms tour will visit four remarkable farms, each playing a distinct role in stewarding the land and nourishing the community:
- 🌱 Sprout City Farms: Rooted in community food access and education, Sprout City is building food sovereignty across metro Denver. They transform underutilized spaces into thriving urban farms, weaving together climate adaptation, youth engagement, and a deep reverence for place. Their work brings the themes of remembrance and renewal into living practice.
- 🐓 The Urban Farm: At the heart of this stop is education. The Urban Farm helps young people cultivate confidence, responsibility, and agricultural knowledge through hands-on experience with animals, soil, and growing food. It’s a place where the next generation of land stewards are learning what regeneration looks like up close and personal.
- 🌾 Five Fridges Farm: As a working farm and educational site, Five Fridges combines regenerative agriculture with rigorous scientific research. A former participant in our Soil Health cohort, they offer a fascinating glimpse into how data and observation can inform smarter, more sustainable land management, making visible the unseen life in the soil beneath our feet.
- 🥕 Fleischer Family Farm: This community-rooted farm in Lakewood is all about relationships—relationships to soil, to neighbors, and to seasonal cycles. Focused on improving soil health and growing nutrient-dense food for their CSA and market, the Fleischers embody the quiet power of local, small-scale farming done with immense intention and care.
Each of these farms is unique in size, structure, and story, but they all share a profound commitment to regenerative practices. They truly believe that farming isn’t just about food production, it’s about relationships to land, to legacy, and to each other.
What You’ll Walk Away With
You’ll see soil that’s alive. You’ll meet farmers who are teachers, caretakers, researchers, and dreamers. You’ll hear stories that will fundamentally shift your understanding of where your food comes from. You might even get your hands in the dirt!
Most of all, you’ll leave with something much deeper: a profound sense of connection. Not just to the land and the food system, but to the incredible people and practices that are cultivating a different kind of future. One rooted in rhythm. One rooted in a relationship.
🌿 Ready to deepen your connection? Reserve your spot for this one-of-a-kind experience. Come ready to learn, listen, and grow!
