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Heirloom tomatoes


Mixed lettuces

Welcome to Chert Hollow Farm
A homestead farm dedicated to quality local food,
sustainable living, and natural history.

Quality Local Food
We grow a wide range of fresh heirloom produce and culinary herbs for sale in and around Columbia, Missouri. The farm is managed according to organic principles, and we plan to be certified in 2009.
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Sustainable Living
Being a homestead farm means that we live by the same principles we farm by: sustainable practices, conservation of resources, and support for our local economy.
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Natural History
As scientists, we have an abiding fascination with the natural world. Whether studying our diverse bedrock & fossils, tracking and watching wildlife, or encouraging native prairie to return, we work to keep our farm and our lives integrated with and respectful of our surroundings.
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Fresh snap peas


Diverse squash

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Chert Hollow Farm
is named for our location in a narrow, rocky, Ozark-style stream valley. Most people are familiar with chert as the raw material used for arrowheads, spearpoints, and other hand tools; it is commonly called flint once it has been worked by human hands. Such worked flint chips are easily found in our fields, along with scarcer points and tools. We use "chert" instead of "flint" due to the abundance of the natural, unworked material.
 
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