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Farm Happenings at Millsap Farms
Farm Happenings for February 5, 2021
Hi Friends! We are in full swing seeding all sorts of spring and summer veggies in the greenhouse these days. The days are slowly getting longer which means more sunlight for veggies to grow. Yeah! Pictured here are radishes growing in the greenhouse that will hopefully be ready t1 read more »
Produce available for last week of January, 2020
Good evening, I hope you're tucked into a warm house on this chilly evening, enjoying a fire and a warm beverage... We have some nice greens this week, quite a bit of kale, carrots, cilantro, and a whole host of other goodies. We love to use kale in the soup recipe I've attached to the1 read more »
Farm Happenings for January 22, 2021
We've got a nice selection of mid-winter goodies this week; more lettuce, carrots, spinach, and kale, plus lots of roots like black spanish radishes, watermelon radish, and turnips. Remember to order by Friday morning at 7, and pass this link to anyone you know who would like to get in on the1 read more »
Produce available for this weekend, January 15-16
We've got a bit more produce this week than last. Lots of carrots, delicious Napa Cabbage (this makes an incredible slaw with the dressing recipe at the bottom of the page), kale, radishes, herbs, lettuce, etc. Get your order in before Friday at 7a.m. Feel free to share the store1 read more »
Millsap Farmstand for January 8&9, 2021
Welcome to 2021 on the farm! It's been a delightfully relaxed holiday season for us, after the hustle and bustle of the end of the CSA season. We've got some beautiful produce to offer this week, including spinach, kale, carrots, napa cabbage, and many more delicious veggies. We'r1 read more »
The Last Week of CSA 2020 and Thank You!
Thank you for a great season. Despite all the challenges 2020 through at us, we were able to grow and distribute more vegetables than we’ve ever done before. We could not have done this without the support of all of our CSA Members. You guys are the backbone of our farm economics, both financ1 read more »
Putting the farm to bed
There are some lovely Millsap Farm greens in this week's shares, plus some kale and salad mix from Box Turtle farms. We have been cleaning up and putting the garden to bed around the farm. This is a time of the year when we pull stakes, remove old plants, roll up row covers that are no longer1 read more »
Working On The Future
The Spinach, kale, chard, and other veggies are just getting sweeter as the weather cools; the hard frosts this week will finish off most of the field greens, but the greens in tunnels should be all the better tasting for the freeze. We're lighting fires in the greenhouse wood furnace, and th1 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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