About Rootdown
Simone MacIsaac and Sarah McMillan
Rootdown Organic Farm is a small-scale, organic farm situated in the Pemberton Meadows, British Columbia. Started in 2009, the farm is run by Simone and Sarah who met in 2008 at the UBC Farm at the University of British Columbia in the Sowing Seeds Apprenticeship program.
Surrounded by mountains, the farm is blessed with a flat, fertile valley bottom, bordered on both sides by glacial rivers. Currently the girls have 2 acres of mixed vegetables in production, with rare-breed pigs and laying hens rotated through the fields for the benefit of both the animals and the land.
Rootdown markets their products in Pemberton, Whistler, Squamish and Vancouver at Farmers Markets, to restaurants and through their CSA harvest box program.
What we grow:
- carrots
- beets
- radishes
- onions
- leeks
- salad mix
- beans
- zuchinni
- winter squash
- sweet potatoes
- tomatoes
- basil
- herbs
- cabbages
- peas
- kale
- chicken eggs
- pork from our Tamworth pigs
Annalisa said,
February 25, 2009 @ 2:52 am
ummm Gav… it’s McMillan ! (not Mac) quick change it before she notices !! tee hee !
Nigel Gray said,
May 13, 2009 @ 10:58 pm
Looks like fun… I’m jealous!
You need a blue heeler to fend of those pesky bears… or 3. Check out our new site:
http://www.macdonald-gray.ca
C-U Soon… Moo ha ha ah ha
christina said,
May 31, 2009 @ 12:31 am
hey gav!! dude, this is AWESOME!!!! so so stoked at what you are doing. sounds exactly a dream coming true…. lotsa love and smiles to you and all your growth
in roots and shoots,
christina
Tim Ames said,
December 4, 2009 @ 5:39 pm
I think you should train your local bears to defend your veggies from pesky dogs, coyotes and racoons.
Looks like you had a good year.
Ed Coate said,
June 11, 2011 @ 12:04 am
Hi Simone, wearing the Ecuadorian football shirt we bought together, I don’t doubt (!) – you inspired my first forays into cooking, and here you are growing the food – I salute you!