03/06/2026
Just outside Cedar City, Red Acre Farm is the kind of place that makes you want to trade in your desk job for a pair of mud boots — sunflowers nodding in the breeze, a charmingly rustic farmstand stacked high with pumpkins and produce, and enough curious critters underfoot to keep you on your toes. Quite literally. Watch out for the geese.
Behind this little slice of agrarian paradise are Sara and Symbria — daughter and mother, farmer and advocate, and two of the most joyful, passionate humans you'll ever have the pleasure of meeting at a market. Sara runs the farm itself, overseeing the CSA, the beloved farm stand, and somehow managing to wrangle chickens, sheep, llamas, and a particularly opinionated pig or two in the process. If you've ever wondered what it looks like to live your values out loud, a visit to Red Acre Farm will show you exactly that. (They have an Airbnb, if you want to see up close).
While Sara is elbow-deep in the soil, her mother Symbria is elbow-deep in the legislative session. As the driving force behind Red Acre Center — a nonprofit devoted to protecting Utah farmers, small rural and urban farms, and your right to choose what you eat — Symbria heads to Capitol Hill every year to advocate fiercely on behalf of Utah's farming community. She is, quite simply, a champion for the people who feed us.
The legislative session ends today. After 45 grueling days, Symbria and Sara get back to what they do best, selling vegetables and this week they’re bringing the whole produce section: arugula, baby kale, spinach, mizuna, chard, mustard greens, salad mix, stir fry mix, and Tokyo Bekana — plus a gorgeous lineup of microgreens (pea, radish, and cabbage), hearty root vegetables like beets, carrots, radishes, and sunchokes, and fragrant bunches of dill, cilantro, leeks, kale, and turnips.If your crisper drawer is looking a little sad, now is your moment.
Fill your tote bags with gorgeous greens, and take a moment to say hello to Sara and Symbria. They are the kind of people who will send you home not just with the freshest produce you've ever tasted, but with a renewed appreciation for the farmers who make it all possible.
