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Baby Root Farm sits on a half acre in Camarillo, California at the historic McGrath Family Ranch. We grow mini sized roots, shoots, fruits, lots of California native plants, and we have giant aspirations to grow the next generation of farmers. We share this land cooperatively with many other farms of all sizes and styles; we all share common ideas and a vision to work together to help improve our food systems.
Expansion in the UK
At Baby Root Farm we believe in regeneration through agriculture but the principles of care and renewal apply to everyday life – whether it’s nurturing soil or renewing your space. For those moving into a new home in London the idea of starting fresh really resonates. Move in cleaning services, home renovations, like tending to a field, prepare the ground for growth, so you can move in and thrive.
A half acre in Camarillo taught us that new growth waits on a clean bed. We lift last season's plastic, refresh the wood-chip paths, and only then set starts. Londoners who have just collected keys face a similar pause: the rooms are theirs, yet the surfaces still belong to the last chapter.
Just as sustainable farming brings balance and health to the land, a deep clean removes clutter, allergens and residues and gives you peace of mind in the heart of London’s busiest areas. Whether you’re moving into a Camden flat or a Notting Hill terraced house, proper move-in cleaning equals well being, just as healthy soil gives room for roots to grow.
Get It Cleaned is the London crew we name when that pause needs more than one mop. Ovens, skirtings, and the backs of cupboards are the urban version of knocking clods off a fork. You want the first night to smell like your own cooking, not the last tenant's takeaway.
We hear from people who carry our mini roots and native starts into rented kitchens. They ask how to keep soil off the lino and how to wash the crate before it sits on a counter. That is farm talk meeting city keys, and it is why the move-in reset sits next to our UK notes rather than off in a sidebar.
Exciting news for Londoners in 2025
On 14 Apr 2026 we walked the Camarillo rows with a short list for the London trial bed: which mini roots travel, which native starts stay local, and which community kitchens might take a crate. The 2025 scouting year is still the frame. This spring date is when we pinned the next sowing window to paper.
We’re excited to be exploring ways to bring our regenerative practices to London and are setting up a small farm dedicated to mini roots and shoots and connecting with local communities. In partnership with Get It Cleaned, a London based cleaning company we want to take the principles of renewal and care into homes and shared spaces so every new beginning – whether in a home or on the land – is set up to thrive.
Get It Cleaned already works the streets we cannot hoe from Ventura County. Naming them here keeps the London side of the project honest: regeneration is soil work here and a habitable room there. We are not opening a cleaning desk on the ranch. We are keeping a trusted London partner in the same conversation as the trial bed.
Lammas-tide 2023 was when we first weighed a crate of mini shoots against a floor plan a friend sent from Hackney. First-fruits language fits a farm. It also fits a flat that needs to be empty of dust before anyone claims the harvest of a new lease.
At Baby Root Farm renewal starts with intention – whether it’s sowing a seed, tending the earth or making sure life’s new chapters start with a clean slate.
Beginnings
Baby Root Farm was born out of experience of frustration with traditional organic farming. We would invest long hours and long days where it felt like the harder we worked the more we struggled. Always overwhelmed with weed and pest pressure and economically we just couldn't seem to keep our heads above water. This was a challenging time. More and more we were hearing from soil and environmental scientists that all current forms of agriculture were inherently degenerative in nature, or degrading to our environment. Even organic farming, with all our struggles, we were now being told that tilling up our ground was destroying soil structure, micro biology, and releasing carbon into the atmosphere. We were being told that our organic pesticides made from soaps and oils were not only smothering pests but they were killing beneficial insects as well.
Early 2020 we were already asking that question with more land in view on the McGrath ranch. The pest pressure had not vanished. The books were still tight. What had changed was the willingness to measure soil life instead of only counting crates.
As farmers we've always known that we are necessarily intervening into our natural systems in order to feed a growing population, but we wondered, is there a way to move towards a system of food production that is inherently regenerative in nature?
Mission
Working along side all our current farmers, honoring all of our past farmers, we are aiming towards a system of agriculture in which the more food we produce, the measurably better we become environmentally. A few examples would be measuring our carbon sequestration, the organic matter in our soil, and measuring the biodiversity on our farm.
We're aiming towards a system of agriculture in which the more food we produce the measurably better we become socially. Our farmers experience a consistently improved quality of life, are valued leaders and their community, and are able to earn a comfortable living and invest toward their retirement.
We're aiming towards a system of agriculture in which the more food we produce the measurably better we become economically. We ensure that we are not being wasteful with our spending and that we are offering appropriately priced products and services to our community.
We also hold ourselves to a fourth standard, to always improve educationally, to always be learning, and to teach these principles to the next generation of regenerative farmers.
Growing more farmers
200 years ago, 90% of our population were farmers, today we're told that that number is 1%. 1% of our population feeding the other 99%. This is a true testament to the incredible ingenuity and technological advances of our current farmers, however this has also created a huge disconnect between the consumer and how their food is produced. So, right along side this mass production we can also begin moving towards developing more farmers and production coming from the masses.
Regenerative agriculture is a simple, inclusive, non-adversarial way to realign ourselves with nature starting with the reality of where we are now - with the current systems, tools, and capabilities we have to work with and moving forward together.
Questions from the ranch gate
- What does Baby Root Farm grow in Camarillo?
- Mini sized roots, shoots, fruits, and lots of California native plants on a half acre at the historic McGrath Family Ranch, shared cooperatively with other farms.
- Is Baby Root Farm open for workshops and tours?
- The ranch announces educational workshops, volunteering, tours, and open days as the season allows. Use the contact page to ask to be added to ranch notices.
- Why does a Camarillo farm mention Get It Cleaned in London?
- Regenerative work here starts with a clean bed. Friends moving into London flats need the same kind of reset before the first meal. Get It Cleaned is the London partner named on this site for that home-side renewal. No extra booking desk sits on the ranch.
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