Welcome to Take Root Fest 2024 (formerly DIY Homesteader Fest)
Festival + conference + summer camp
Gather on the farm to take root in community, in nature, in important skills for resilience. Workshops, local food, market, & music, kids activities, campfires, farm dinner, and more!
Join in the fun! ⟶
We gather on…
We gather on the land now stewarded by our family (Cityfolk Farm), which is part of Treaty 1 territory and the ancestral land of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota and Dene peoples, and on the homeland of the Metis Nation. We acknowledge that we are gathering on stolen land, and we continue to learn about both the harm that was done and the beautiful history and traditions of tending land & people of the Indigenous nations who suffered and continue to be negatively impacted by colonialism. We are working to be conscious of and active in reconciliation and welcome relationship and collaboration with Indigenous communities. We encourage all who are connected to the farm, festival, and other events here to dig into this learning as well, and come to the land in thoughtfulness and gratitude.
Where are we?
A stone’s throw from the southeastern shores of Lake Winnipeg, we’re 45 minutes north of Winnipeg, just 10 minutes to Gull Lake, 15 to Patricia Beach & the Brokenhead Wetland Interpretive Trail, and 20 minutes to Grand Beach.