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Farm Happenings at Millsap Farms
Farm Happenings for June 27, 2023
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 different kind of food system than the mainstream food industry. Instead of thousands of acres, with poisons sprayed across the fields, and endless s1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 20, 2023
Good evening from the damp farm. We are finally getting a little rain, and we're grateful; we are pretty dry for June, and although we have had mild temperatures, the grass and trees are thirsty. Of course, we have a lot of irrigation for the garden, and we have been running it ve1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 13, 2023
We've been busy on the farm this week; we've planted 700 feet of sweet potatoes, more tomatoes, trellised tomatoes, transplanted lettuce, flowers, weeded many rows, harvested hundreds of pounds of produce and flowers, and generally enjoyed ourselves...
Meanwhile, the warm temperatures h1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 6, 2023
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Farm Happenings for June 6, 2023
Hi Friends! The warm weather has arrived! And so have a few cherry tomatoes! We don't have enough for everyone to get some yet - but there will be a few in shares and I promise there will be more and more over the coming weeks! There's lots of zucchini, carrots, beets and greens this week to1 read more »
Farm Happenings for May 30, 2023
We've had a great week on the farm, with fantastic weather and great harvests. CSA volunteers made a huge difference this week, enabling us to keep up with the intense harvest days, while also making progress on longer term projects like transplanting, seeding, weeding, and spreading compost.1 read more »
Farm Happenings May 23
The crane fly on the rye in this picture is part of the story of the ecology of Millsap Farm. Our farm is a tiny piece of hilltop ground, surrounded by the valleys of the Sac River, on the Ozark Plateau, in the transition zone between the prairie and woodlands, in the Mississippi River Basin.1 read more »
Farm news for May 16-17, 2023
Looks like spring showers have finally arrived! The plants are loving it; we can irrigate a lot, but there is no substitute for real rain. The greens are abundant and luxurious, and alongside them we have a great crop of broccoli, and we are starting to have the first cucumbers, along w1 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 14 years, and have a serious long-term commitment to their community to provide high quality produce and a welcoming farm.
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