Welcome to Rootopia! Where the art, science, and fun of raising happy, healthy kids comes together.

Thanks for joining the conversation! 

 Love, Michelle

Let’s Grow Together.

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LET’S DIG IN!

Welcome to Rootopia!

Success in Rootopia is not about harvesting an abundant crop or making the perfect recipe. Success is being open to trying one new thing every day. Why not look for roly polies, smell a radish or draw a cloud you see overhead?

Success in Rootopia is starting wherever you are and doing whatever you can with what you have… Every. Single. Day.

Rootopia

Grow, Cook and Eat Together

We deliver tradition-making recipes nd evidence-based activities that get diverse families growing, cooking and eating healthy, locally produced foods together. 

Youth thrive and farmers prosper when we grow, cook and eat delicious, nutrition local foods in schools and at home.

Being connected to local foods is less about distance, and more  about relationships. It is about being connected to the people and their passion for sharing the products they grow, gather, hunt, raise, catch, or make.

Plus, research shows that growing, cooking, and eating healthy foods with kids leads to a whole lot of good things – from health and academics to leadership and well-being. 

Fun Facts

FUN FACTS

Did you know the world record for the heaviest radish is 101 pounds? One hundred pounds is about the same amount as 10 cats, a newborn hippopotamus or a 60-inch flat screen TV.

Rootopia videos are full of fun facts and the gardening and cooking know-how you need to impress your friends.

GARDEN ACTIVITIES

Garden-themed activities connect youth with how food is grown, and the various ways in which it is processed and purchased.

You will get inspiration and tools to plan, plant, tend, and harvest food with your family, whether in their backyard, on a windowsill, or in a school, rooftop or community garden.

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Rootopia is all about cultivating connections and the transformative magic of growing and cooking together.

Mission and Vision

To make it easy to raise healthy, engaged and civic-minded kids and help our farmers prosper.

About Us

Rootopia is a lifestyle brand created by the Farm to School Program at OSU and incubated by the Accelerate team. Learn more about the people and process of Rootopia.