Turnbuckle Farm- Adam & Melissa Milsap

In this week’s edition of the Flavors of Northwest Arkansas Podcast, we’re in Bentonville at Turnbuckle Farm with the dynamic duo of Melissa & Adam Milsap, who have a great story to tell, but before thy do?!?! FOOD NEWS! Gaskins Trattoria officially opens TODAY! We’ll hear from owners Lisa Provencio-Jones and Bert Jones. 4 Benton County restaurants will be on Guy Fieri’s Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives next month! La Cabanita will soon open in downtown Springdale. We’ll hear from one of the owners. KAI will take Wasabi’s former spot on Dickson Street in Fayetteville. The new La Familia Taco drive-thru in Farmington is CRUSHING. Siloam Springs is getting Indian Food! Made Market in Rogers made an announcement over the weekend. We’ll tell you what it is! A local restaurant group has diversified their portfolio in a big way. We’ll tell you about Red Light Retreat and who owns it! A Woodstone Craft Pizza Chef can win a BIG contest with your vote. Happy 5 years to Rendezvous Junction Brewing Company, as they turned 5 this weekend! Speaking of Rendezvous, in this week’s Flavors Flashback, we go back to last year’s podcast with them and hear about Owner Mike Peerson health problems before they opened. They were worse than you could imagine. Adam and Melissa Milsap grew up in Springfield, Missouri, got married there and started urban farming there in what wasn’t a good place. In fact, it was the 2nd worst area in Springfield, and at times could be dangerous. You’ll hear the story about how the community and the city gathered and rallied for them to be able to change the area into a farm! And how did they end up in Northwest Arkansas? It’s hard to leave a place you love, especially one that’s been home for your whole life. They’ll tell the story. They’ll talk about how they found their land in Bentonville-or Bentonvista as they call it. And on the food side? We’ll hear what they’re growing, and also? They have a Chef-driven food truck on-site, and it’s popular. I think I know why, as I had an all-local egg and chorizo biscuit from there and it was an absolute flavor-bomb. Chef Simon talks about that in the food segment, as well as chef dinners there. In the creek. True story, and you’ll hear all about it from them next here on the Flavors of Northwest Arkansas podcast.