Russo's Roots

05/30/2026

05/21/2026

Things are moving right along- everything is growing fast so we are weeding, watering and trying to keep up. The growing season has started! 🥦🫛🥬🌽🫑🥒🧅🧄🥔

05/12/2026

It’s your last chance to sign up for our CSA starting the last week of May. Don’t miss out on spring greens, radishes, salad turnips, early zucchini, cucumbers and so much more!
Link in our bio to sign up on our website

05/07/2026

Whelp- it’s not a great start to the 50th season of the Willimantic Farmers Market. We had to change the location of our first market at the last minute, and it’s going to rain. But we worked really hard to have all these greens and organic veggie starts ready for you all! So spread the word, break out your umbrella and join us for opening day of the of the oldest continuously running farmers market in the state of Connecticut!!!!!
199 Valley Street First Congregational Church
8am-12pm
Rain or Shine

04/16/2026

Working in the tunnels and field while the weather is nice. First big planting of the season is done - potatoes! You can enjoy amazing, organic potatoes this summer, fall and winter, join our 30 week CSA to have veggies all season. Space still available at all our pick up sites here at the farm in Canterbury, Norwich, Stonington/Pawcatuck area, Waterford and Willimantic.

04/06/2026

April showers bring May flowers and lots of veggie awesomeness! It’s time to sign up for your CSA share and enjoy fresh organic produce June through December. It’s always a good summer when cooking and grilling with farm fresh food.

03/26/2026

This Saturday - we will be in Willimantic at the Know Your Farmer Fair 11-2pm! We’ll be bringing some bagged spinach and chard as well as some carrots. Come grab veggies, sign up for our 2026 Community Supported Ag program (CSA) or just stop by and say hello. Lots of farmers, food and fun!

The 11th annual Know Your Farmer Fair is Saturday, March 28, 2026 at the Windham Community Center in Downtown Willimantic, CT. Meet your local farmers, sign up for a CSA, find local ingredients for your family recipes, bring the kids for fun activities, and eat lunch from a tasty food truck. Spread the word and see you there!

03/18/2026

Libby over at Russo's Roots in Canterbury is not only one of the wonderful planners of Know Your Farmer Fair, but she is also a tremendous organic veggie farmer. You can regularly see her at the Willimantic Farmers Market with a smiling face sharing the bounty of what they grow and how to prepare it in a fantastic recipe. Stop on by the Know Your Farmer Fair to find out more about Libby and why she is always smiling.

03/09/2026

The bees are just as excited for spring as we are!

02/16/2026

National CSA week and we are so excited to get the 2026 season going! A CSA program is a great way to explore a culinary adventure through one growing season here in Connecticut. Learn when veggies are at their peak of freshness, multiple ways to showcase one vegetable and adjust your palette to eating fresh herbs and vegetables- you will never want to go back to cucumbers in February again!

Sign up today for our full season share and lock in your veggies until next winter!

01/22/2026

Cold and snowy but still thinking of spring- join us in the optimism that a new season of fresh vegetables brings. Be a part of our 2026 community supported agriculture program (CSA).