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Farm Happenings at Millsap Farms
Farm Happenings for June 30, 2020
What do you do about bugs? This is always the big question when we explain that our vegetable farm uses organic practices, and the answer is complicated. Organic agriculture on our farm focuses on creating a diverse and healthy ecosystem, which encourages balance. This means that1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 26, 2020
Good afternoon from the farm. As we are in the middle of a busy week, full of seeding (squash, edamame, sunflowers, lettuce), weeding (everything), and harvesting (onions, garlic, carrots, letuce, tomatoes, flowers and more flowers), I'm reflecting on the future of small farms. We had a1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 19, 2020
Hi!
Along with yummy vegetables, we grow beautiful cut flowers as well! I like to take this time to plug the flowers because starting this month through August, we have lots and lots of blooms on the farm! If you need flowers for your table or for a special occasion - we c1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 16, 2020
Hi!
Just a reminder, this coming Tuesday is Meat Share Week! So if you are getting meat, you will need to come to the farm and pick it up!
Along with yummy vegetables, we grow beautiful cut flowers as well! I like to take this time to plug the flowers because starting this month through Augus1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 12, 2020
Summer has definitely arrived! Temperatures and sun are keeping us under shade hats, heading to the creek, and doing as much as we can in the early morning and late evening. The cool weather crops, like asparagus, rhubarb, arugula, and salad turnips are waning, and will bow out until th1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 9, 2020
Summer has definitely arrived! Temperatures and sun are keeping us under shade hats, heading to the creek, and doing as much as we can in the early morning and late evening. The cool weather crops, like asparagus, rhubarb, arugula, and salad turnips are waning, and will bow out until th1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 5, 2020
Hi Friends! The sun has finally come out (and gotten hot!)! We are so excited to see and feel it's warm rays! The endless rains of May have made certain tasks on the farm tricky to carry out - but we are looking forward to the soil drying out and getting some new crops in the ground. One of t1 read more »
About the farm
Millsap Farms is a first generation family farm, located just 4 miles north of Springfield Missouri. Curtis and Sarah Millsap, along with their 10 children, farm manager Kimby, and a few interns, apprentices, and volunteers, grow 2 acres of vegetables year-round on their 20 acre farm. They grow a wide variety of vegetables, using organic techniques, never using synthetic pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers, and focussing on the health of the soil. The Millsaps have been farming full-time for 17 years, and have a serious long-term commitment to their community to provide high quality produce and a welcoming farm.
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