Columbia Farmers Market

Columbia Farmers Market is built around a stated mission to provide space for its community of growers, makers, and shoppers, and that mission comes through in how the market is organized. The market runs at the MU Health Care Pavilion at 1769 W Ash Street in Columbia, placing it within Columbia’s Agriculture Park and giving shoppers a fixed, named destination rather than a rotating pop-up setup. It is also a producer-only market, with rules requiring that products sold there be grown, raised, or produced by the vendors themselves, a detail that shapes the experience from stall to stall.

What you'll find there

The vendor roster points to a market with a broad producer base: farms, a farmstead, an apiary and honey ice cream business, a bakery, a turmeric vendor, and a studio all appear in the lineup. Because the market is producer-only, those names matter; the mix is defined by individual operations rather than anonymous resale booths.

• -Find Abounding Acres, LLC among the market’s listed vendors.
• -Shop from Triple H Family Farms, LLC at the market.
• -Look for Mt. Tabor Farmstead in the vendor roster.
• -See BLH Farm listed as a Columbia Farmers Market vendor.
• -Pick up baked goods from MacKenzie’s Blakery.
• -Browse Schwede Farms in the market lineup.
• -Get honey products and honey ice cream from Giofre Apiaries & Honey Ice Cream.
• -Check in with Hedge Holler Harvest, LLC at the market.
• -Browse handmade work from Sawdust Studios.
• -Find Raw Roots Turmeric on the vendor list.

The market calendar also adds more than shopping. Market-day programming includes Music at Columbia Farmers Market, with scheduled performers in separate time blocks, and the calendar also lists events such as an Arbor Day Tree Giveaway at the market site.

Know before you go

Parking is the detail most likely to shape your visit here. The market notes that parking at Columbia’s Agriculture Park can be a challenge, and it directs drivers to designated Farmers Market parking areas near the site, the West Middle School lot off Clinkscales, and the Aslin CPS Administration Building lot off Worley Street, where a short gravel walking trail leads toward the MU Health Care Pavilion. The market also asks visitors not to use areas reserved for ARC customers. On-street parking is available on surrounding streets, with more options south of Ash Street, and crossing West Ash Street requires caution. Bike parking is available north and east of the pavilion at bike racks, and the market’s visit guidance says no dogs.

Payments & SNAP

SNAP/EBT is accepted at Columbia Farmers Market, and the market highlights a matching program for SNAP/WIC-eligible families of up to $35 in market tokens every Saturday. The market also notes that some vendors can swipe credit cards, while all vendors accept cash and Columbia Farmers Market tokens.