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Farm Happenings at Millsap Farms
Farm Happenings for September 17, 2024
What a delightful second week of September; we're still pretty dry, but the cooler weather has been great for the broccoli, cabbages, and cauliflower. The tomatoes are slowing down, but the lettuce we planted two weeks ago is loving the temperatures. Like everything, it's a give and tak1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 10, 2024
Good evening, I've got a few important notes for the week ahead:
First, we need your totes, egg cartons, and pulp containers (the ones we send cherry tomatoes home in). If you've got a few of these stashed at your house, please leave them our for the delivery drivers this week.&nb1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 3, 2024
Hi Friends! As I'm writing this, it's threatening to storm outside - I hope we get some rain! It's been a hot week! We are in the changing on seasons as farmers - summer veggie harvest is still abundant, but fall plants are growing and being planting every spare minute these days! From1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 27, 2024
Good stuff in the shares this week, we've had a long but productive week. sorry for the abreviated farm happenings.
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Farm Happenings for August 20, 2024
It was a wild week on the farm; the young farmers (my daughters and their friends) held a "farm camp" Monday through Friday this week. Between 15 and 25 youth, from 8-16 years old, arrived on the farm at 7:45 every morning. They worked in crews, weeding the beans, harvesting radishes, m1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 13, 2024
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 »
Farm Happenings for August 6, 2024
Summer has us in it's grip! The heat makes anything less than 85 feel cool, and the plants are certainly feeling a bit of heat stress.
This week I thought we'd talk about why we chose to grow organically from the beginning.
When we got started in farming sevente1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 30, 2024
This week we continue with our essay about what it means for Millsap Farm to be sustainable. People often tour our farm to see a sustainable farm in action, either as educational groups, or as part of pizza night. When they arrive on farm, I give a brief introduction; first generatio1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 23, 2024
Good morning, sorry for the delayed harvest estimate this weekend, hope you're enjoying the beautiful cool weather this weekend.
First, a little housekeeping; Please, if you have some of our gray or blue plastic produce totes, please set them out for our delivery drivers this week1 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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