Horse Lake Community Farm Co-op building new root cellar

Investing in a root cellar is a great way to preserve your produce and ensure your food security. 

That’s the message Horse Lake Community Farm Co-Op is looking to promote this summer as it prepares to replace its own root cellar. Rob Diether, the chairperson of the co-op, said this work is being undertaken after their previous cellar, first built 25 years ago by the Community Enhancement and Economic Development Society, has begun to deteriorate. 

“At the farm, for years, we’ve grown a fairly large garden, including potatoes, and we need a root cellar to preserve and keep these vegetables over the course of the winter,” Diether explained. “It’s really a valuable part of food security, having the ability to save food over winter. The root cellar is an ancient method, really, of preserving vegetable crops. It’s a structure built right into the ground and normally buried with soil.” 

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