Have a rooted holiday

Looking for something unique and local? Provisions Market in Yakima has a variety of cool rooted options, from hoodies to hats, a variety of shirts, hop tea towels AND our new photo cards, displaying some of our favorite spots throughout the Yakima Valley. Support local and grab some gifts for your friends and family!

A Visual Tour From Farms to Food Trucks

We at rooted view our Valley as a unique place, where ag abounds and food is born.  Over the past three years, we have wandered from farms to food trucks, seeing how it’s done and chronicling our adventures.  We are excited to share our good times with you!  This is a curated selection of prints, … Continued

Story Cultivation

Dear reader, what are you up to? We’ve traipsed from one end of the Yakima Valley to the other, and we know there is some amazing stuff going down all over. What are you doing that you’d like to share? What would you like to hear more about? We recently connected with a reader and … Continued

2017 Readers’ Reflections

From restaurants to livestock, tacos to beer, and fruit to flowers, rooted readers reflect on the diversity of all that we have in the Yakima Valley, and reminisce over memories that stories evoked. Rooted is a place to commune over the land and its offerings. Thank you to our readers and to our many guest writers … Continued

Behold the Apple

Farewell to a beautiful autumn and harvest season!  The rooted team has documented the dear apple over the past 2 years in 10 different ways.  As this growing season comes to an exhausting closure, we bring you the journey of the apple from inception right down to the last savory bite. Fruit Coitus February 24, 2017 … Continued

#ROOTCAM: Through Lupe’s Eyes

We at rooted are excited to launch a new feature we’re calling #ROOTCAM.  After celebrating our second anniversary, we all agree that one of the most amazing parts of our job is the incredible people we get to meet all over the Yakima Valley and interact with every week.  We decided we want more from … Continued

Stone Fruit’s First Harvest

Rooted’s summer college crew, Claire & Brent, came back to work at the farm again this year.  They spent some time out in the orchards of Parker Heights, a unique growing area tucked inside Union Gap, during stone fruit’s first harvest—the apricot. The duo visited Badgley Ranches, whose family has been growing apricots for decades. These apricots are sold … Continued

Good To Be Rooted

With the scent of spring in the air, and warm weather on our minds, we cheers to all that awaits us in the valley this season. Sport your rooted shirts and celebrate the Yakima Valley! (All shirts available for order here) Daily work shirt The Boyd shirt Beer, tacos and food trucks, (oh my!) shirt … Continued

Crafting Local Umami Goodness

During the cold dormant months, our Yakima Valley chefs crave fresh locally grown produce. Thanks to J&M Mushrooms, their umami needs are met. The Polar White Oyster mushrooms we watched Michael Bennett harvest out in Selah last week, seems to be a popular item on menus right now. We asked a few of our culinary friends what they … Continued