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Farm Happenings at Millsap Farms
End of Season Reflections
HARVIE IS HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, THERE ARE A LOT OF DOUBLES IN YOUR SHARES. PLEASE EDIT YOUR SHARES THIS WEEK!!!
IN TWO WEEKS WE'LL BE SENDING OUT AUTO-RENEW NOTICES! THIS MEANS THAT IF YOU DON'T OPT OUT, YOUR CSA SUBSCRIPTION WILL BE RENEWED FOR SUMMER 2019. KEEP YOU1 read more »
Why do we grow year-round?
Why (and how) do we supply CSA shares and sell at the Farmer Market through the winter? When Sarah and I first started farming, one of our goals was to provide healthy food for our community throughout the year. We had several reasons for this. First off, people eat 365 days a year, and1 read more »
Lots of visitors this week!
It's been a busy week on the farm, with visits from an ecology class from OTC, folks from the Darr Foundation, a video crew shooting a video for Old Missouri Bank, and a visit from representatives from Sustainable Agricultural Research and Education (we have had grants from them several times to ex1 read more »
Fall has arrived!
With the change in the weather this weekend, and the official beginning of fall with the Autumn Equinox, the season is official. We love this time of year, as the weather is such a treat to be out in, and we have the greatest variety of vegetables of the year; we still have some tomatoes, lot1 read more »
Time to sign up for fall and winter!
We are currently signing up fall and winter shares. We're offering "Fall Only shares", which go to Christmas, and "Fall and Winter shares", which go all the way to May (with a one month break in January). Both options are every other week distributions, starting October 23. The "F1 read more »
Planting for winter
These last couple of weeks we've planted lots of seeds and plants that will provide for our winter CSA, which will start on the 23rd of October. We've planted spinach, chard, kale, beets, carrots, turnips, cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower. These crops will mature in October, November,1 read more »
The Three P’s of Sustainable farming, Part 3, Profit.
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 generation farm f1 read more »
The Three P’s of Sustainable farming, Part 2, farming as though people mattered.
This week we return to the topic of sustainable farming.
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 generation farm family, 20 acres, on farm for 10 year1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 21, 2018, The three P's
The three P’s, part 1 (of) 3, Weeding before planting
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 generation farm family, 20 acres, on farm for 11 years, 21 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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