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Farm Happenings at Millsap Farms
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 »
Farm Happenings for July 16, 2024
First, a little housekeeping; we are constantly trying to find the balance between high quality produce and good use of resources. As a result, at times we may send home produce that is less than perfect aesthetically. We never intentionally send home produce that is less than excellent1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 9, 2024
This time of year we get asked a lot about how heat effects the farm, so I thought I’d share some insights about high temperature vegetable growing. Like many aspects of our farm, we look at this through three lenses; people, profits, and planet.
For the people on the farm,1 read more »
We want more members!!! for July 2, 2024
Hello from the farm! Things are rocking along out here, we have been harvesting onions, carrots, tomatoes, eggplant, salad turnips, and so much else. It's been a great week, with a couple of super hot days, but plenty of much cooler cloudy weather which has made things much easier, and kept u1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 25, 2024
Greetings from the first full day of summer!!! It's been a very summery week, with rapid growth of the tomatoes, eggplant, and other heat lovers.
Today I wanted to share with you what it means to us to have CSA members. When you join our CSA, you are voting, with your dollars, for a dif1 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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