About

SweetRoot Farm, Hamilton, Montana   

As the farm turns 6 in 2020, we cultivate about two and half acres of vegetables, herbs, and flowers in the heart of the Bitterroot Valley.  Our growing space includes four un-heated high tunnels to extend our very short Montana growing season, and a propagation house for starts. We are beginning to also use temporary “caterpillar” tunnels that move once or twice per season, to add to our protected growing space. Our flock of about 200 laying hens love their life in their mobile chicken barns which moves around the farm every 10-15 days. We have sometimes raised lambs for meat and hides, but are currently without sheep as we work on improving some of our fencing and irrigation infrastructure so they will fit smoothly into the operation. 

You can find our produce in several places.  We sell at the Hamilton Farmers Market on Saturday mornings May through October; we have a self-serve farm store open 24 hours a day all year, and we run a farm membership program in which members pick up a weekly share of produce through the growing season, May through October.  If you like someone else to prepare our food for you, Bitter Root Brewing, The Stock Farm Club, and Bouilla restaurant in Hamilton purchase from us regularly, and our greens are distributed throughout the region by the Western Montana Growers Co-op.  

We grow following organic practices, though we are not currently USDA Organic certified.  We farm partly to foster and be a part of a vibrant community, so we welcome visitors, and allow customers and members to check out our practices and visit the farm anytime. Most days of the week visitors might only get a quick friendly wave from wherever we are working, but Tuesday afternoons during member share pickup (3:30-6:00 pm) one of us is always around to visit.