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Farm Happenings for September 20, 2022
Green beans, radishes, and acorn squash; fall is coming on strong! We’ve got some new items in the shares this week, including a couple different kinds of daikon, an Asian favorite. Hope you get to enjoy the crisp mornings and warm days, and make it out to a fall festival sometime soon.1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 13, 2022
Good evening,
I love September. Especially when it is as nice as this one has been so far... cool misty mornings, beautiful warm sunny days, and glorious sunsets. The fall crops are growing fast and the summer tomatoes are finally coming in (this is the weirdest tomato year1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 6, 2022
Green, green, green... Green is the color of September around here. The grass is green, the trees are green, and the greens are growing strong in the field. The colors of September are more intense, partially because the lower sun angle plays well with all the still growing plants1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 30, 2022
What a great week on the farm! Lots of beans picked, lots of fall crops coming up, the beginning of the long-delayed field tomatoes, it's a good week. We are loving the cooler mornings and nights, and the crops are really appreciating the rain over the last couple of weeks (no matter ho1 read more »
Harvesting for today, planting for Autumn.
This time of year we have our feet in two seasons; on the one hand, we are still busy harvesting summer veggies like Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Eggplant, Bell Peppers, etc., but we are also steadily planting more fall crops like beets, carrots, spinach, lettuce, cabbages, kale, etc. It's an excitin1 read more »
Sweet Corn, August 16, 2022
This week we have an unusual offering; we have sweet corn you can swap into your share or purchase. But it is important that you read this next part so you’re fully informed. This is BT genetically modified sweet corn. That means that this corn has been genetically modified to be poison1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 9, 2022
Thought you might enjoy the photo of this crazy native caterpillar we saw for the first time a couple of weeks ago; it's called a hickory horned devil, and feeds exclusively on hickories.
This week we continue with our essay about what it means for Millsap Farm to be sustainable. People ofte1 read more »
Farm News July 29, 2022
Hi Friends! Curtis and some of his kids went north this week to enjoy the cooler weather of Michigan and to visit his brother's farm in the UP. SO if you were waiting to hear about the third P - it will be coming next week :)
I do want to take a minute and talk about tomatoes. We1 read more »
The Three P's On Millsap Farms Happenings for July 26, 2022
First, a little housekeeping; Please, if you have some of our gray plastic produce totes, please set them out for our delivery drivers this week! We are a little short on totes on the farm...
Secondly, if you still have any workshare hours to sign up for, please follow this link&n1 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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