Mellowfields Farm

🌕Farmers Market Update🌕 Last fall, we took time to look honestly at our numbers from the last few years and try to determine the patterns that data revealed. What we saw, and felt, is that we were spreading our labor and our products across too many sales channels. Deciding to pare down our sales for 2026 was a big moment and one that we had to approach practically. We want to continue to grow food and we want to do it in a way that does not sacrifice our quality of life. This means Mellowfields will not be doing any farmers markets this year. The decision to drop markets in 2026 was filled with a lot of grief for us, as the farmers market is where we created our brand and first connected with so many of our customers. Over the years we have learned that staying a viable farm often requires the gumption to make decisions like this. After making the decision to cut our markets and sitting with it now for a second, we still feel that it is the right move at this point in our lives. The farm feels manageable and we are still able to get good food out into the community through several different channels. We will continue offering weekly vegetables through our Webstore, including the new Farm Share option. We will also increase the amount and variety we offer to The Merc co-op grocery and make our usual deliveries to Checkers grocery as well as many wonderful restaurants in Lawrence. We are also continuing our partnership with Full Circle Sustainability in Topeka which provides home delivery as well as a brick and mortar grocery. Change is hard, but it is inevitable and ultimately helps keep us strong. We want to acknowledge and show our gratitude for all the connections we have made through the farmers market including customers, friends, and farming peers. Our farm is better because of those connections and we still believe farmers markets are an incredibly important place to celebrate and support the local food community. In solidarity, Jessi and Kevin

New! Farm Shares for 2026 For folks who like eating seasonally but don’t always want to remember to place an order each week, we’re introducing the Mellowfields Farm Share. Farm Shares are a weekly Farmer’s Choice Bag, filled with what’s in peak season. You sign up and pay for a ten-week session, then receive a surprise bag of the freshest vegetables delivered to your door each week. The Spring session begins April 8. It’s a simple, steady way to keep good vegetables coming throughout the season. Details and sign-ups are available on our website.

Beautiful last week of April. Heavy rains last weekend + sunshine = big green growth. And the harvests keep rolling. 📣 PSA: Garlic is eeeearly this year, so scapes are on the webstore! 📣

Wanna join us in celebration of native foods and gardens but you don't have a ride?! 😫 We're making it easy to stop by each site - for free. Pick up our mini tour bus along the city bus route (in North Lawrence) the morning of May 2nd, sit back and enjoy the ride to each of these lovely landscapes! Our First Annual Mini Native Foods and Gardens Tour is completely free to the community! Each site is cared for by local land stewards working to bring native foods and gardens to our community, to our culture, to our future. Register with a simple email to get a list of addresses and instructions for your self-paced tour OR join us on the bus to keep things super simple! We've got ~ 7 seats left on the bus; reserve yours today. 🚌🚦🛑 Register for the tour by sending Courtney a quick email at [email protected]. We're excited to share this adventure with you all! #MiniNativeFoodsAndGardensTour2026 #NativePlantsFeedUsAll #WeAreAllLandStewards @haskellgreenhouse @haskellculturalcenter @mellowfieldsfarm @thelandinstitute @lawrencelibrary

The third week of our Spring Farm Share is popping with color and flavor! A surprise early basil harvest plus asparagus from our friends at Pendleton’s. Signups are open for Summer and Fall Farm Shares. Lock in!

Bunny the Farm Boss inspecting the first round of tomatoes. ✅

Sneak this onto your spring calendar! We're collaborating with local farmers and land stewards to share exciting new native landscapes with the community this season. You don't want to miss it! Visit each site on your own or hop on the mini tour bus! Learn from the folks caring for the land on site! Taste native flavors and meet loads of native plants! More fun details coming soon ... #MiniNativeFoodsAndGardensTour2026 #PlantNative #NatureIsOurTeacher

Picking up where we left off. Harvesting out some tunnel crops and planting new ones. Cheers to more local food in 2026!

Find our GREENS AND ROOTS for one more week! 🫜Brookside Indoor Farmers Market *Saturdays 12/13 and 12/19 *9AM - 12PM 🥕Mellowfields Webstore *open now, orders due Tuesday morning *last delivery Wed 12/17 🌱The Merc & Checkers Grocery *veggie deliveries on Tuesdays and Thursdays through 12/18 🫜Topeka’s Full Circle Sustainability *order online or shop their in-person store 🔔please note: Mellowfields will NOT be vending at this year’s Lawrence Holiday Farmers Market. But there will be plenty of other vendors with food and gifts for you to shop!

🫜🫜🫜LAST Lawrence Farmers’ Market of the Season! 🫜🫜🫜 Come see us tomorrow for our final outdoor market of the year! We’re celebrating the last market day of an incredible season by bringing LOADS of goodness: 🍠🥬Sweet Potatoes, SPINACH!! Fresh Herbs, Kansas Celery (truly unlike anything in the store!), Carrots, Radishes, Garlic, Bok Choy, Salad Greens & Cabbage 🥕🧄 Stock up with the freshest veggies for all your holiday cooking. It really does make a difference! ✨ Brookside Indoor Market continues! We’ll be there tomorrow and more: 📅 11/22, 12/06, 12/13, 12/20 🚚 And don’t forget: You can get Mellowfields veggies delivered every week through our Mellowfields Webstore. Fresh greens + roots straight to your home. Check it out sometime! So much gratitude to all our customers- you make it worth it! See you tomorrow! 💚

Sunny fall days are simply the best. Early this week, we pulled back the row covers that blanketed the farm during the cold snap and found that most things made it through the 20 degree low-except the baby bok choy (bye bye bok choy). So it was another big harvest. We will have tables full of vibrant, cold-sweetened goodness at both Lawrence and Brookside market tomorrow. The last Lawrence market will be 11/22. Brookside will continue indoors through most of December.

🥕Market season is still here! Our fields are bursting with good food and everyday is a good time for fresh veg. 🥕New this week: Napa Cabbage & Carrots! Plus salad greens, celery, potatoes, and even still beautiful peppers. Head to a market near you: 📍@lawrencefarmersmarket until 11:30 📍@brooksidefarmersmarket until noon.