Kilgore's Community Garden

Kilgore's Community Garden Kilgore's Community Garden Project benefits the Nora Stewart Early Learning Center with help from the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture.

Kilgore's Medical Pharmacy had an empty lot next to their Providence store that needed a beautiful garden in it. That garden needed to grow food so kids at Nora Stewart could enjoy fresh foods straight from a garden with their lunch and snacks. The Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture needed to help put in that garden and help that garden grow. Volunteers appreciated and needed!

Sign-up to volunteer at Kilgore's Community Garden! Shifts are Monday mornings from 9am- 12pm led by our wonderful staff...
03/17/2022

Sign-up to volunteer at Kilgore's Community Garden! Shifts are Monday mornings from 9am- 12pm led by our wonderful staff member Mallary! Sign-up here: https://www.columbiaurbanag.org/volunteer

Kilgore’s Community Garden (located on Providence) is a beautiful garden in the side yard of Kilgore’s Pharmacy. Kilgore's is different from our other locations because the produce is specifically grown for the preschoolers at Nora Stewart Early Learning Center. This means our volunteers get to grow things not grown at our other sites such as: blueberries, peaches, pears, cantaloupes, and watermelons!

11/16/2021

Columbia Parks and Rec is hosting an OPEN FORUM on phase II construction at the Agriculture Park! This event is open to the public and will take place under the MU Health Care Pavilion on Wednesday, November 17th, 4-6pm! For more info go to: https://www.como.gov/CMS/webcal/event.php?id=279693

11/16/2021

Mark your calendar for Tuesday, November 30th, from 4pm to 6pm!

You are invited to our Giving Tuesday Happy Hour at the Barn! Pizza Tree will be serving hot pizza's straight out of their woodburning oven, and we will have a variety of Broadway Brewery beer, hot cocoa, hot cider and music! Come enjoy a FREE happy hour, and help us reach out CoMoGives matching goal for the day!

Please RSVP here: https://calendly.com/tamara-106/giving-tuesday-happy-hour-at-the-barn

We are hiring two full time positions. Read full descriptions and apply here: https://www.columbiaurbanag.org/jobs
11/12/2021

We are hiring two full time positions. Read full descriptions and apply here: https://www.columbiaurbanag.org/jobs

We are hiring TWO full time positions! Both positions including benifits and all of the following:

● 40 Hours per week
● Health + Dental Insurance
● 3% Retirement Matching
● 5 weeks annual Paid Time Off (PTO)
● 7 paid holidays annually.
● Flexible schedule.
● Vegetable stipend.
● Plants and seeds for your garden.
● Employee Assistance Program.

For full description of position and how to apply, visit: https://www.columbiaurbanag.org/jobs

09/27/2021
Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture has spots that need to be filled for tomorrow's Harvest Hootenanny. They have 3 sp...
09/17/2021

Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture has spots that need to be filled for tomorrow's Harvest Hootenanny.
They have 3 spots from 3:30-6:30pm and 3 spots from 6:30-9:30pm tomorrow! Volunteers will recieve a t-shirt, and 5 hoot bucks as our thank you. Hoot bucks can be used before or after your shift to buy your dinner, drinks, carnival games and MORE!

09/07/2021

Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture (CCUA) is located in Columbia, Missouri and grows fresh produce for families in need, teaches community members how to grow their own healthy food, and engages learners in hands-on activities.

Please help Columbia Farmers Market win! Vote today!
09/03/2021

Please help Columbia Farmers Market win! Vote today!

VOTE FOR CFM and WIN! We're in the running to win a national competition for the BEST farmers market in the country and we need your help!! We're currently in 2nd place, and only need 50 or so votes to bump up to the #1 IN THE NATION slot! To thank you for voting, we're going to make this fun and give away a CFM zip-up hoodie and $25 in tokens!

Here's how to enter to win:
1️⃣ Go to https://ed.gr/dmdl9 and vote for Columbia Farmers Market. (If you've already voted, skip step 1, and complete 2 and 3.)
2️⃣ After voting, scroll down to the bottom of the voting page and post a review about why you love CFM. Make sure to include your full name so we can notify you if you're the winner.
3️⃣ Share this post on Facebook or Instagram. Make sure to tag so we can see your share!

After the competition closes on September 19, we'll pick a winner for a free "Meet Me at the Farmers Market" zip-up hoodie and $25 in market tokens!

09/03/2021

Can't make it to the Hootenanny but want to support CCUA? You can buy a family 4 pack of meals to go for our Harvest Hootenanny! On September 18th, from 4pm-9pm you can pickup meals to go!

https://www.columbiaurbanag.org/hootenanny

Address

Next To Kilgore'S Medical Pharmacy'S 700 N Providence Road
Columbia, MO
65203

Opening Hours

5pm - 8pm

Telephone

(573) 514-4174

Website

http://norastewart.com/, http://columbiaurbanag.org/

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In 2009, one of the owner/pharmacists at Kilgore's Medical Pharmacy had a prescription for adult onset high cholesterol come across her desk...for a six year old kid. She knows that this health problem is diet related and as she walked out to her car to go home later that day, she looked over at the empty lot beside the pharmacy and an incredible idea began to grow.

After talking with the other owner/pharmacists, she reached out to a young organization called the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture to forge a partnership. Their idea was to use the empty lot to grow fresh, organic produce for the kids at the Nora Stewart Early Learning Center. CCUA got excited about the idea too and Kilgore’s Community Garden began to grow.

In the beginning, not a lot of produce was grown but over time, CCUA and Kilgore’s have successfully grown thousands of fresh, organic fruits and vegetables for the school to serve at lunch and for the kids to take home with recipes to share with their families. The project has become about more than just produce and has become a powerful educational tool. CCUA visits the school to teach the kids about plants and eating fresh produce and the kids get to go on field trips to visit the garden.

The garden, right beside one of the busiest roads in the city, has become a lush, urban oasis. Volunteers, guided by members of CCUA meet ever Wednesday evening during the growing season. Come join us!