Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture

Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture (CCUA) is a non-profit working in central Missouri out of two main locations: Columbia’s Agriculture Park and Mark and Carol Stevenson Veterans Urban Farm. Our vision is a community transformed by good food for all and the skills to grow it.

We run a number of targeted programs to provide a wide variety of fresh fruits and vegetables directly to community members in need while supporting people of all ages with opportunities to develop lifelong skills in home gardening, agriculture, and cooking. Our programs and services are designed to support eaters and learners of all ages, and happen at our farm locations, in school classrooms and gardens, at food pantries, at local healthcare and treatment facilities, and even right at your own home!

Your generosity will:

• Feed the community high quality, local produce grown at Columbia’s Agriculture Park through our Planting for the Pantry program
• Provide paid apprenticeships, gardening-based therapies, and community events for local Veterans at our Veterans Urban Farm
• Provide hands-on learning experiences for hundreds of children in our Farm to School program
• Provide materials and personalized mentorship for low-income Opportunity Garden families for three years at no-cost
  
  
  
  
                            

   

  What does a donation to CCUA turn into?

  
  

                    

  
  

                    

  
  

  Last year our Planting for the Pantry Program grew and donated

  over 50,000 pounds of produce to local families in need!

  
  

Veterans participated in

 over 4,000 hours

 of job training & therapeutic gardening through our Veterans Program!