Holly Pine Farms

Field index — Vol. 01 — East Texas

Our markets were short on produce. So we started a farm.

Holly Pine Farms is a small family farm on Private Road 8010 in Bronson, Texas. We're starting with produce for one simple reason — the local farmers markets don't have enough produce vendors. So we planted the rows ourselves.

Rows of green crops at Holly Pine Farms stretching toward the East Texas pine line
Fig. 01 — Rows under the pinesBronson, TX
SEC. 01From the field
Heirloom tomatoes, first pick
FIG. 02 — Heirloom tomatoes, first pick
Collards & kale, morning harvest
FIG. 03 — Collards & kale, morning harvest
Summer squash, field tub
FIG. 04 — Summer squash, field tub
Okra & bells, market basket
FIG. 05 — Okra & bells, market basket
SEC. 02Why produce first

The empty end of the market.

Week after week, we walked our local farmers markets and saw the same thing: plenty of baked goods, crafts, and canned goods — but the produce tables were picked clean by nine o'clock, when there were any at all. East Texas grows people who want fresh food. It just wasn't growing enough vendors to sell it.

So instead of waiting for someone else to plant, we did. Holly Pine Farms sits on family land off Private Road 8010 outside Bronson, where the pine woods give way to open rows. We're starting small and seasonal — tomatoes, okra, squash, greens, sweet potatoes — and growing what our neighbors actually ask for.

The plan is simple: show up every market day with more than we brought last time, and keep the produce table full past nine o'clock.

“Every market had plenty of everything — except produce. Somebody had to plant it.”

— The Holly Pine family, Bronson TX
The Holly Pine Farms produce stand under a canvas tent at an East Texas farmers market
Fig. 06 — Market morningSabine County
SEC. 03Visit the farm

Down the private road, past the pines.

Farm-gate pickup is Friday afternoon. Follow Private Road 8010 until the pine line opens up — you'll see the rows before you see the house.

Farm address

Holly Pine Farms
541 Private Road 8010
Bronson, Texas 75930
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