About Roadside Honor

Origins of the unplanned stop

Origins of the unplanned stop…

Somewhere between a gravel road and a field of crooked squash vines, the honor system still lives.

Roadside Honor is a passion project by Marie Kelly of Milford Kitchen, born from a lifelong love of trust, simplicity, and the kind of realness you only find where the pavement runs out.

For over ten years, I’ve been driving across the country with my husband, Nick, and our dog, Murphy — windows down, playlists looping, following the quiet roads most people skip. We’ve stood under the sun in orange groves in California, crossed windswept fields outside Omaha, and wandered the green hills of the Cuyahoga Valley in Ohio. And almost everywhere we go, we find them: little roadside stands, hand-painted signs, and if we’re lucky, the people who run them. Every stand feels like a handshake, a small vote of confidence in the goodness of strangers.

It’s inspiring and comforting to know that the heart of American entrepreneurship is beating strong — not just in cities, but in open fields, quiet corners, and little tables tucked along backroads.

At Milford Kitchen, we've always believed in homegrown everything — food, community, creativity, and trust. Roadside Honor is a natural extension of that spirit: a way to honor the quiet entrepreneurs, the self-serve farm stands, the families who still believe you can do business on nothing more than a handshake and a handwritten sign.

This is a map we're creating together — a living, breathing celebration of authenticity, nature, and the simple beauty of trading what you have, trusting who you meet, and valuing community over competition.

Thank you for wandering along with us.

Submit a Stand

We’re always on the lookout for honest-to-goodness roadside farmstands, honor-system markets, and backyard bounty across the United States.

Know a stand that belongs in Roadside Honor?

Submit the details below—whether it’s your own stand or a favorite you’ve stumbled across on a Sunday drive. Bonus points for stands with hand-painted signs, baskets of tomatoes, or coffee cans full of change.