South East Queensland  /  Northern NSW  ·  Est. 2027

ROOTED IN SOIL

A regenerative farm and wellness retreat grown from the ground up — for the people who believe in what the land can give back.

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To reawaken our relationship with land, food, and each other — through hands-in-the-dirt growing, embodied rituals, and communal care.

Andrew & Jessie Schuhart-McRae

This business was made by a life that demanded it.

Andrew and Jessie had been building toward Rooted for years. Then Andrew was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. He went through chemotherapy, radiation, and a major surgery that resulted in a permanent colostomy.

It was the kind of experience that strips everything back. What mattered was the land, the food, the community — the life they had been slowly building toward but had not yet committed to fully. Cancer did not create Rooted. But it made the question of when completely irrelevant.

Andrew brings 20 years of enterprise operations management, a professional chef's training, and a decade of hands-in-the-dirt regenerative growing. Jessie has spent 15 years building the Home Amongst The Green community — one of Australia's most authentic farm-to-table voices. Together they are backed by a network of advisers including Echo Valley Farm founders, governance experts, and national media figures.

Meet the founders →
20+ Years enterprise operations experience
10+ Years building the HATG community
$1M Monthly works programme managed (Unitywater)
50+ CSA founding members targeted at launch
$3.25M
Seed capital raise
$638K
Projected Year 1 revenue
Month 7
Cashflow break-even target
1.5×
Investor return cap + 5% perpetuity
6
Revenue streams from Day 1
213
Line-item CapEx — not estimates
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CSA Founding Member Waitlist

Grow with us from Day 1

Our founding CSA members will be the first families to receive weekly boxes from Rooted. No-till, seasonal, grown with care. We open subscriptions July 2027 — secure your place now.

No payment required now. We'll be in touch before we open subscriptions in July 2027. Expected box price: $65/week for a 40-week season.

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Backed by people who've done it.

Randal & Juanita Breen
Farm Operations Mentors
Founders of Echo Valley Farm, Goomburra Valley. One of Australia's most respected regenerative CSA operations. Rooted's farm systems and community-building mentors.
Dennis Franklin GAICD
Strategy & Governance
CTO, PayLocker. 30+ years strategic and governance experience. Former operator of an 80-acre CSA and farm stall enterprise.
Matthew Franklin
Media & Policy Networks
Chief Political Correspondent, Capital Brief. Former media adviser to Prime Ministers Albanese and Rudd. Deep networks in federal agriculture policy and national media.
Master Butcher
Whole-Animal Processing
Retiring German master butcher. Traditional whole-animal processing and charcuterie expertise informing Rooted's on-farm butchery programme.