Farms Near Columbia, MO

A whole-animal restaurant and butcher shop at 47 E. Broadway in downtown Columbia, Missouri. The kitchen builds seasonal plates and cocktails around Missouri-raised meat and local produce, breaking down whole animals in house and selling house cuts and charcuterie at the counter. Dinner service runs Tuesday through Saturday from 4:30 p.m. Reservations by phone.

Columbia

Osage Alpacas raises alpacas on Mauller Road north of Columbia, in central Missouri. Farms like this typically sell breeding stock and fiber and host farm visits by appointment. Specific herd details and visiting hours aren't posted online, so reach out directly before stopping by.

A producer-only farmers market at 1769 W. Ash Street in Columbia's Clary-Shy Community Park. Growers, ranchers, and makers from across mid-Missouri sell what they raise or make: seasonal produce, meat, eggs, cheese, bread, and cut flowers. The main market runs Saturday mornings, with weekday evening markets added in summer. Everything is local, and no resale is allowed.

Columbia

Four Oaks Farm is a fourth-generation working farm on Judy School Road northeast of Columbia. It runs Farm Fun Days built around hands-on crafts, farm exploration, and open play, aimed mostly at kids ages 5 to 12, and keeps a farm store on site. The focus is on getting families onto a real farm rather than staging a big festival midway.

Columbia

Raw Roots Turmeric is a family-owned farm in Columbia, Missouri growing turmeric and Ayurvedic herbs — ashwagandha, moringa, neem, and curry leaves — harvested fresh and prepared in small batches with no powders or artificial ingredients. Signature products include fresh turmeric paste blended with ginger and black pepper, cold-pressed blue/black turmeric shots, and Bhringraj hair oil.

Columbia

One of mid-Missouri's larger producer markets, set up in the Columbia Mall parking lot off Bernadette Drive. Every stall is grower-direct from Boone County and its neighbors, covering vegetables, fruit, meat, eggs, cheese, and cut flowers across the long central-Missouri season. Its size and Columbia's college-town crowd keep it moving on Saturday mornings.

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Columbia

Shryocks Callaway Farms cuts a life-size corn maze on its working family farm east of Columbia in Callaway County, and the operation is marking its 25th season. Beyond the maze, fall weekends bring a pumpkin patch, hayrides, a jumping pillow, a fun barn, and campfires. The season runs from mid-September into early November, Friday through Sunday. Adult admission runs around $13.

Ashland

Lloyd's Family Farm sells from a stand on East Route Y near Ashland, in Boone County between Columbia and Jefferson City. Family stands here move seasonal vegetables, and sometimes eggs, straight from the land to nearby buyers. The mid-Missouri setting supports a full spring-to-fall growing season.

Ashland

This market runs at 106 Maple Street in Ashland, a growing Boone County town on the Highway 63 corridor between Columbia and Jefferson City. Southern Boone County growers bring seasonal vegetables, fruit, eggs, and baked goods to the small-town market. Central Missouri's season peaks with midsummer tomatoes and sweet corn and carries into fall squash and pumpkins. Check locally for current market days.

Ashland

Ashland

Lloyd's Family Farm is a family-run agritourism spot on East Route Y outside Ashland, in Boone County just south of Columbia. Its listing doesn't specify crops or on-farm activities. This stretch of central Missouri runs to row crops, cattle, and small produce plots. Call ahead to confirm what the farm grows and when it's open to visitors.

Rocheport

Blue Shepherd Farm sits about four miles east of historic Rocheport, just north of Interstate 70 off the Route J exit, and grows pick-your-own blueberries. Steve and Caroline Andriano started the farm in 2009 and work it with sustainable practices. Picking runs through the summer weeks when berries ripen. Directions and seasonal updates post to the farm's website and Facebook page.

Centralia

Raw local honey from the family's own apiary in Auxvasse, north of Columbia in mid-Missouri, with hives also worked near Hatton. The bees forage the mixed farmland and woodland edge of Callaway County, and the honey is sold direct rather than blended into a store-brand jar. Reach them at 806 County Road 281 or by phone.

A Missouri lavender farm growing lavender for handmade products such as sachets, oils, and bath goods. Lavender fields in this region typically bloom and open to visitors in June and early July.

Centralia

ElderBlossom View grows elderberries in New Bloomfield, Missouri, and turns the estate fruit into pure elderberry juice, syrup, and wine. The tasting room pours those wines and elderberry cocktails on Sundays and by appointment in winter, and the winery sells year-round at Columbia Farmers Market. Elderberry is one of the few crops well suited to mid-Missouri's climate.

Jamestown

Owner Liz Graznak joined a local CSA while attending grad school, and immediately knew she wanted to become an organic vegetable farmer to feed her community. After working on a number of different farms out east and in the Midwest Liz decided to move back to the Columbia area. Liz established Happy Hollow Farm in 2010, nestled among the rolling hills along the Missouri River. The primary growing fields border the Little Splice Creek bottom and thus benefit from the beautiful silt loam soils tha

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Fulton

Kingdom Valley Farms is a farm on County Road 210 near Fulton, in Callaway County, the central Missouri county long nicknamed the Kingdom of Callaway. It's listed as an agritourism stop; no website or public details turned up to confirm crops or activities.

Boonville

Bittersweet Junction runs a corn maze and pumpkin patch each fall on Highway 98 near Boonville, cutting its maze into a standing field of corn. The operation, co-owned by Meribeth Long, opens for the autumn season with pick-your-own pumpkins and family activities. Its central Missouri location puts it a short drive from Columbia and I-70.

New Franklin

Huffstutter Orchards grows apples near New Franklin, in Howard County along the Missouri River between Boonville and Fayette. The orchard offers apple picking in season along with apple products such as cider, butter and preserves. Central Missouri apples ripen from late summer into fall. The farm's website posts current details; no phone or email was listed on the page.

Centertown

Longfellow's Garden Center has grown plants near Centertown, west of Jefferson City, since 1987, when Alice Longfellow and Bob Call founded it. The center stocks trees, shrubs, perennials, and annuals chosen for central Missouri's soils and climate, and offers landscaping help alongside seasonal events and gardening workshops. Staff give planting guidance suited to the region. It recently partnered with a local outdoor-solutions company.

Jefferson City

Fischer Farms opens a pumpkin patch and corn maze on Mokane Road near Jefferson City in Cole County. The fall season brings pumpkins to pick, a cut corn maze, and the family activities typical of a Missouri agritourism farm. Its location just outside the state capital makes it an easy autumn stop for mid-Missouri families.

Mexico

Hickory Ridge Orchard grows apples and pumpkins you can pick yourself or buy from the shop, in Audrain County east of Mexico. Fall weekends add a corn maze, a kiddie maze, a corn cannon, and tractor hayrides, plus a petting zoo and face painting for younger visitors. School groups and birthday parties book ahead. The stand takes cash, checks, and major cards. It's on Audrain Road 820.

Altai Meadows is a Missouri farm. No public listing details its products or location. Contact directly for information.

Jefferson City's market operates at 320 East McCarty Street, near downtown in Missouri's capital. Growers from the Missouri River valley around Cole and Callaway counties sell seasonal produce, meats, and homemade goods within reach of the Capitol district.

Mexico

Mexico Premium Meats is run by the wives and mothers of mid-Missouri farming families in Audrain County — farm-to-table beef raised from conception to harvest, processed at state-inspected White Barn Processing and licensed for direct farm sales. Individual steaks, roasts, and ground beef through bulk orders sell straight off the farm in Mexico, Missouri.

Tied to Lincoln University, a historically Black land-grant institution in Jefferson City, this market at 1219 Chestnut Street works to get fresh produce into the surrounding neighborhoods. Lincoln's cooperative extension and small-farm programs give it a food-access and education focus beyond a standard produce stand.

Jefferson City

Based on the Lincoln University campus at 900 Leslie Boulevard in Jefferson City, this market ties to the school's agriculture and cooperative-research programs. Lincoln was founded in 1866 by Black Civil War veterans, and its small-farm and sustainable-agriculture work feeds into the market's seasonal produce and grower-direct goods.

California

Bloody Acres Haunted Forest is a seasonal haunted trail on Airport Road in California, Missouri, that takes roughly an hour to walk. The path winds through wooded ground past themed scenes, including a voodoo area, with scare actors staged along the way. It runs on October and early-November evenings, typically opening around 7 to 8 p.m. with low admission. Dates and hours post to its Facebook page.

Mexico

Mexico

Hickory Ridge Orchard grows tree fruit outside Mexico, Missouri, in the farm country of Audrain County. Orchards in this part of the state usually bring apples in late summer and fall, sometimes with peaches earlier in the season. The rural Audrain Road location on the town's edge puts it among the row-crop and livestock farms of north-central Missouri.

Mexico

Binder's Hilltop Apple and Berry Farm grows apples and berries on Audrain Road 820 outside Mexico, in Audrain County in northeast-central Missouri. Berries come on in early summer and apples ripen from late summer into fall, the farm's busiest picking stretch. Expect u-pick and pre-picked fruit in season, and call ahead, since open days track what's ripe.

Fayette's market meets at 901 West Davis in this Howard County town in central Missouri, home to Central Methodist University. Local growers bring seasonal vegetables, fruit, and homemade goods to the community during the outdoor months.