Farms Near Jefferson City, MO

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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Conway

Bechard Family Farm in Conway, Missouri has raised clean, non-GMO meats since 2000: pastured chicken, fresh Thanksgiving turkeys, and 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef and lamb. The farm rounds out its offerings with homemade jams and soaps — food from a farm you can trust.

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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.

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.

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.

Luebbering Shorthorn Farms is a sixth-generation Missouri family farm led by former dairy farmer George Luebbering, raising Shorthorn cattle whose marbling competes with Angus and Wagyu. Steers finish on a balanced grass-and-grain diet — mostly grown on the farm — in a repurposed dairy barn with open pasture access, sold as 100- and 200-pound bone-in or boneless cut packages free of added hormones and antibiotics.

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Linn

Visit Osage County promotes rural tourism in Osage County, central Missouri, in the Ozark foothills between the Osage and Missouri rivers near Linn. It points visitors to farm-fresh produce, wineries, scenic driving routes, and nine conservation areas covering close to 3,000 acres, plus hunting, fishing, and canoeing.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Listed for Fulton in Callaway County, central Missouri, with its address in nearby Portland along the Missouri River (9349 Schmid Way). Callaway County growers sell seasonal produce and homemade goods. Fulton itself is best known as the home of Westminster College and the National Churchill Museum, where Churchill gave his 'Iron Curtain' speech.

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.

Morrison

Epple Haus is a bed-and-breakfast on Schwinke Hill Lane near Morrison, a small town in Gasconade County in central Missouri south of the Missouri River. The area is rolling farm and wine country between Hermann and Owensville. Contact the hosts directly to check availability and what a stay includes, since online details are sparse.

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Gosherd Valley Cottage offers rural lodging on Highway N near Morrison, in the wine-and-farm country of Gasconade County, central Missouri. A single cottage rental like this suits travelers who want a quiet country base near Hermann and the Missouri River wineries. Reach out directly to check dates and rates.