Two growers,
one farm
Grafted Roots Farm started with a simple question: what would it look like if two growers pooled their strengths and held themselves to the highest standard on every crop? Founded in 2026, the answer is a partnership between Freddy M. Pena and Erik Jewett — two people with different backgrounds in agriculture who share one conviction: that local food should be extraordinary, not just available.
Together, Freddy M. Pena and Erik Jewett bring combined hands-on experience across controlled-environment hydroponics, gourmet mushroom cultivation, beekeeping, and direct-to-market specialty food. Their two sister operations — Bright Oasis Farm and Fat Daddy’s Apiary — together produce the hydroponic leafy greens, herbs, mushrooms, microgreens, and raw local honey that anchor the Grafted Roots lineup year-round. Grafted Roots is the shared storefront for that combined vision: fresh, flavorful produce grown with intention and delivered with care.
We operate out of the old Chestnut Hill Farm in Southborough, Massachusetts — a 250-acre historic working property under the stewardship of The Trustees of Reservations. The land gives us space, heritage, and accountability. Farming on conserved land means everything we do is visible, responsible, and rooted in the community.
Our focus is narrow by design: microgreens, gourmet mushrooms, hydroponic greens, herbs, and select seasonal produce. We don't try to grow everything. We grow a focused selection of crops and we grow them as well as they can possibly be grown. Every variety is chosen for flavor, freshness, and purpose — not shelf life or shipping distance.
Whether you find us at the farm stand, through our CSA, or in a restaurant dish, you're getting produce that was harvested days — not weeks — ago. That's the promise, and it's the reason we do this.
