Wild RootsDuvall, WA
Aerial view of Wild Roots Farm in Duvall, WA — fields and pastures wrapped by a winding river, with woodland and outbuildings at the heart of the property
Wild Roots · Duvall, Washington

Growing a better future for small farms.

Wild Roots is a 53-acre working farm in the Snoqualmie Valley, building toward a model that helps independent farmers create thriving businesses while producing exceptional food and caring for the land.

Explore our vision →Read our journey

Our first year was about getting our hands dirty — growing vegetables and flowers, caring for animals, learning from the land, and discovering just how challenging farming can be.

Now we are building on those lessons. Our vision is to bring together independent farmers, shared infrastructure, practical business support, and opportunities to learn from one another. We want to understand what it takes for small farms to succeed, then help those lessons reach beyond Wild Roots.

what we’re working toward

Three parts of one idea.

  1. Helping farmers thrive

    Support independent farmers in building businesses that provide a good living, allow continued investment, and leave the land healthier.

  2. Sharing resources and learning

    Bring together access to land, infrastructure, peer learning, and practical business knowledge that can be difficult to develop alone.

  3. Strengthening local food systems

    Help farms become reliable sources of healthy, delicious food for nearby households, restaurants, and grocers.

How the model would work →

Four young ducks, two brown and two black, huddled together in the grass inside their pen at Wild Roots Farm
chapter one · 2025–2026

Our first year.

Vegetables and flowers, goats and ducks, a pig with escape plans, a hive of bees, and a January flood we won’t forget. We learned a great deal about how much skill, persistence, and business discipline farming takes, and we wrote it all down as it happened.

Read Chapter One →Meet the original cast
leadership

Meet the team.

Wild Roots is led by Kappie Ayers, Executive Director, who brings more than 15 years of experience managing properties and operations and oversees the farm’s development and day-to-day operations.

Joe Ayers, Operations Manager, oversees the work on the ground: livestock care, equipment, infrastructure, fencing, and field preparation.

Meet the team →

Kappie Ayers and Joe Ayers in beekeeping suits next to one of the hives at Wild Roots, with the pasture and a barn in the distance
Kappie Ayers, Executive Director, and Joe Ayers, Operations Manager.
from the farm stories

A few favorites from the archive.

The original stories, written as it happened — the animals, the weather, and the mistakes included.

  • Aerial view of Wild Roots Farm — fields, pastures, and the river curving around the property
    August 2025 · And so it begins....

    We had a plan. We had no idea.

    How a long-running conversation about regenerative farming turned into a Saturday-night decision, a Sunday-morning property walk, and a farm we are still very slowly learning to be worthy of.

    Read the story →
  • Driving across a partly submerged road during the January 2026 floods, water churning past the truck
    January 2026 · honest reflections

    When the road became a river

    December and January brought a 100-year flood event to the valley. Our road was twelve feet under water. The only way in was by kayak. We are still counting what we lost — including Oreo.

    Read the story →
  • Honeybees on the comb, frame pulled from one of the hives at Wild Roots Farm
    April 2026 · field notes

    We became beekeepers by accident

    Kappie and Joe signed up for a beekeeping class. It was supposed to be a sampler. Six weeks later we had a hive, a painted box, and a queen.

    Read the story →

See all Farm Stories →