One family, one piece of ground, 150 years.
In 1876 John Everitt took up a homestead of about 1,288 acres from the railroad, two square miles of what is now Lakewood. Over the decades most of it was sold, much of it to the Denver Ordnance Plant, then to roads and neighborhoods as the city grew around it.
What's left is a few acres at Alameda and Garrison. John Everitt was Kamise's great-grandfather, and the land has never left the family. Derek and Kamise Mullen started growing their own food, found they had more than enough, and in 2012 opened Everitt Farms to share it.
Since then the farm has run a market garden, a CSA, a Saturday producers-only farmers market, a fall pumpkin patch and corn maze, and the Christmas tree lot that many Lakewood families have visited for more than a decade.
- 1876
The homestead
John Everitt's 1,288-acre railroad homestead.
- 1940s
The land is sold off
Large parcels go to the Denver Ordnance Plant and later to development.
- 1987
Zoning freezes the farm
A restrictive zoning limits what the family can build.
- 2012
Everitt Farms opens
Derek and Kamise bring the land back into food production.
- 2014
Rezoned mixed use
New zoning makes a local food hub possible.
- 2026
The 150th season
Trees, the incubator, and a sister ranch in Idaho.
We believe good food should be available to everyone at a fair price, and that a neighborhood can grow a lot of its own.
Intensive market garden
Root crops, greens and vines planted together in tight beds for families, restaurants and the Saturday market.
A local food district
Our long goal is an urban ag hub and walkable town center rooted in this land's farming past.
Room for new farmers
Other growers have farmed here with us. The incubator makes that a program.
