Rooted in Community
(with excerpts from their website! )
The Stockton Market is so grateful to share that we are now more regularly incorporating Roots to River Farm’s vegetables into our products! Read more here for more info on the farm and all the happenings on the other side of the river:
The Farm
It all starts in the fields. Nestled in the heart of Bucks County, PA, Roots to River Farm is dedicated to sustainable, organic farming and celebrated for growing vibrant, high-quality vegetables. Established in 2013 as New Hope’s first CSA farm, they supply fresh produce to CSA members, local restaurants, for their cooking classes and dinners, and at their weekly open hours on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
They believe that good farming is a public service. Roots to River aims to provide a product that is of the highest quality, the most nutritious, beautiful and affordable while also offering a connection between consumers and the farm.
In addition to being certified organic, farmer Malaika Spencer utilizes resilient agricultural techniques such as reduced-tillage, intensive cover cropping, integrated pest management, occultation, contour tillage and organic compost applications to nurture the soil and ecology of their farm and the people who work there.
photo by Emily Gass
The Farmer and the Chef
Roots to River Farm and Amara Kitchen & Tasting Room are run by married team: Farmer Malaika Spencer and Chef Ian Knauer. With a degree in sustainable agriculture and years of farming across the globe, Malaika brings deep expertise in organic, regenerative vegetable production. Ian developed his craft during nearly a decade in the world-renowned test kitchens of Gourmet Magazine before returning to his family’s farm in Pennsylvania. There, he authored the cookbook The Farm: Rustic Recipes for a Year of Incredible Food and created the series The Farm, available on PBS and Amazon Prime.
Our farm is full of people with amazing talents whose big hearts and strong backs grace the land every season, you can meet the whole team here.
Farmer Malaika and Chef Ian with their family
Amara Kitchen & Tasting Room
Just steps from the farm fields is our newly opened Amara Kitchen & Tasting Room (also called “the Kitchen”), a welcoming space where Chef Ian leads cooking classes and hosts farm-to-table dinners, CSA members pick up their produce, and everyone can visit during our Wednesday and Saturday Pizza+Market! We also craft our Amara Aperitivo here. The Kitchen brings the community together to learn, connect, and enjoy meals centered on the farm’s own harvest.
ROOTS TO RIVER FARM
3175 N. Sugan Rd., New Hope
rootstoriverfarm.com