Two Roots Farm

Two Roots Farm is a Vision that Harper Kaufman has nurtured into a Blossoming Floral and Organic Produce Business

by Julie Bielenberg

Harper Kaufman, owner of Two Roots Farm in Basalt, is all about bringing colorful cheer and organic nourishment to families in Colorado’s high country. Originally from Edwards, the now-Roaring Fork Valley gal is over a decade into her Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) journey. Owner of Two Roots Farm, a vegetables, herbs, and flowers outlet using regenerative methods, the bucolic farm in Basalt, in the shadows of Mt. Sopris produces a bounty of products for locals and numerous non-profits.

“I first found farming in college in Missoula, worked on farms in California and Montana, and then moved to the Roaring Fork Valley for an agricultural manager job at ACES Rock Bottom Ranch,” describes Harper of her journey. “In 2015, I started Two Roots on leased land, in 2018, Two Roots secured a long term lease with Pitkin County on Emma Open Space, where I am based now.”

What makes Harper’s operation even more unique, is her flower share, a rarity for CSA. Typically fruits, herbs, and vegetables are gathered, rather Harper plants for pure happiness and distributes flowers throughout the Valley. Two Roots Farm has a U-Pick flower share where folks have the opportunity to come to the farm and pick their own bouquet with varieties changing throughout the months.

“We find that folks really enjoy the meditative experience among the flowers and all the joy and beauty they bring in the field and at home,” explains Harper Kaufman. “As the season progresses, the flower offerings evolve and our CSA members really get to see the fields grow through the season.” Harper’s gardens include zinnias, snapdragons, dahlias, sunflowers, peonies, larkspur, columbine, gorgeous filler flowers, and numerous others.

The farm has 200 CSA members who pick up vegetables from Two Roots Farm on a weekly basis during the growing season, and many of them opt for U-pick flowers as well. Harper also sells bouquets at her CSA pick up and farm stand which is open every Friday, in season, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

“We have done various renditions of our flower CSA over the past seven years, but this season is bound to be the best one yet,” exclaims Harper. Her team has brought on a new maiden flower-lover to manage the flower pots and spread her flower farming and design experience to the flower CSA.

Two Roots Farm truly is unique in what it offers to the local community. “Here in the Roaring Fork Valley, there are other flower CSAs, but not any U-Pick flower shares that I know of,” notes Harper. June through October, visit Harper and the farm crew on Sopris Road for their weekly farmstand.

www.tworootsfarm.com

As seen in Mountain Women Magazine Issue 7