Healthy Roots & Clean Boots

🌱Healthy Roots & Clean Boots🌾

A Fun and Educational Soil Health Event for the Whole Family!

***Everyone who pre-registers by July 15th will be entered into a drawing for one of several door prizes!***

Join us for Healthy Roots & Clean Boots, a free, family-friendly event all about soil health and sustainable farming! Explore exciting, hands-on exhibits and demonstrations designed to teach both kids and adults about how farmers are caring for the land. Scroll down to see a list of all the vendors! You won't want to miss this event! We welcomed over 200 people for our 2025 event!!!

Enjoy activities like:

Rainfall Simulator
Cover Crop Displays
Master Gardeners
Stream Table
Soil Health Assessment Techniques
Seeding Drone Displays
Goat Soap Demos
Youth Led Activities
GeoSandbox Explorer
Equipment Displays
And much more!

🍽️ A free-will donation meal will be served, with all proceeds supporting local soil health programs.

Come get your boots a little dirty and your minds growing!

 More to come as this event approaches!!

Event Details

Cost: FREE!

Date: July 23rd, 2026

Time: 5:00-7:00pm

Location: Swift County Fairgrounds
433 S Munsterman St. Appleton, MN 56208

Meal: Fresh grilled hamburgers, baked beans, apples, bakery cookies, chips

*PLUS*

Mini Donut Food Truck and Malt Machines

Interactive Family Activities

Soil to Snack
Youth Led Activities
GeoSandbox Explorer
AgCentric Technology Trailer
Stream Table
Plant It Forward (w/ Master Gardeners)
Soil Health Assessment
Farm Bureau Grain Bin Safety
Soil Health Photo Board

AgCentric Technology Trailer

Stream Table

GeoSandbox Explorer

4H Youth Led Activities

Rainfall Simulator

Infiltration Station- Slake/Slump Test

Goat Soap Making with C-R Farm

Demonstrations

Seeding Drones
Rainfall Erosion Demo
Wind Erosion Simulator (Gone With the Wind)
Infiltration Station
Goat Soap Making

Wind Erosion Simulator

Seeding Drone

Displays

Cover Crop Root Display
Equipment Display (no-till drill, strip till machine, vertical tillage machine, Air Seeder, Cover Crop Cleaner, flame weeder, tractors, etc.)
Soil Your Undies
Native Plant Roots Interactive Display
Soil Health Tunnel
Ask a Master Gardener
Emerald Ash Borer
Kanati Buckthorn Grazing Goats