Fresh Local Produce

Since 2008, we have offered fresh, locally grown produce with an eye on nutrient density and protecting our natural resources.

Our Produce

Our fresh produce is grown in the most sustainable ways we know how, without ever using synthetic pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers. We manage weeds with non-chemical means, like fabric cloth, mulch, and good ol’ fashioned hand pulling. Pests are managed through crop rotation, organic applications like lime and diatomaceous earth, and, yep, more hand pulling. Soil fertility comes from cover crops, compost, and organic amendments. We’re proud to offer the highest quality seasonal produce to our customers!

Seasonality

All our items are grown with the changing seasons in west central Missouri. We do employ season-extension methods, like row covers, high tunnels, and greenhouses, in order to grow a wider selection for a longer part of the year. We also grow items that keep well over the winter to continue to serve our customers through the colder months. Each year we try a new technique, and we are always trying to expand what we can grow year-round.

We’re always trying new things. In general, here’s some of what we grow by season:

Spring: green onions, radishes, carrots, sweet peas, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, lettuce, spinach, bok choy, beets, cabbage, chard, strawberries

Summer: zucchini, yellow squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, green beans, onions, potatoes, cantaloupe, watermelon

Fall: winter squashes and pumpkins, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, spinach, carrots, beets, bok choy, green beans, turnips, radishes

Other Offerings

While we aim to grow as much of our own fruits and vegetables as possible, we’re now just two farmers working by ourselves so it’s often not possible. That, combined with our way of growing without the use of toxic chemicals, can mean we sometimes have crops fail to make it to market. Thankfully, we have a full network of local farmers growing produce in the same manner we do. We turn to them to provide us with items we either just aren’t very good at growing (like sweet corn) or when we find we have to take a year-long break from growing an item to let the pest pressure subside (like zucchini). Occasionally we source items as conventionally grown and we always make our customers aware when that happens. It’s hard to grow things like peaches in Missouri without spraying something. Rest assured, the produce we source from other growers always meets or exceeds our standards. We are willing to eat it ourselves or we just won’t offer it!