The Columbia Agriculture Park is a public park in Columbia, Missouri, focusing on food production and distribution.[1] It is home to the Columbia Farmers Market, and contains a pavilion with space for 98 vendors.[2][3] The park opened in 2019 and by 2021 will include an interactive urban farm, demonstration gardens and orchards, a commercial kitchen, event space, a recreational trail, amphitheater, outdoor classroom, and playground.[4][5][6] It will also house the offices of the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture and a resource center.[7][8] The park was created by a public-private partnership between Columbia Parks and Recreation, the Columbia Farmers Market, the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture, and Sustainable Farms and Communities.[9][10] It is the first of its kind in Missouri.[11]
History
The site has a long agricultural history, for most of the 20th century it was the location of the Boone County Fair.[12] Ground was broken in 2017 and the park opened in July 2019.[13][14][15][16]
