93.9 The Eagle – The News and Talk of Columbia, MO
The Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture’s (CCUA) main campus is at Clinkscales and Ash. While CCUA is separate from the popular Columbia Farmers Market, they do work closely together. CCUA executive director Billy Polansky joined host Fred Parry in-studio Saturday morning for an hour on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable” to discuss the organization, the social impact of CCUA on the local community and numerous upcoming events, including the Veterans Urban Farm spring kickoff event on April 23. Mr. Polansky describes the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture as a non-profit which aims to connect people to food through the land. He says CCUA has about 23 staff members and more than 600 volunteers. Mr. Polansky says those volunteers contributed more than 9,000 hours last year. The Columbia Farmers Market starts its 44th year on Saturday April 6 from 8 am to noon under the newly-completed MU Health Care Pavilion. The Columbia Farmers Market had its busiest season on 2023, with 182,256 visitors:
Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe speaks at Columbia's Agriculture Park on West Ash on August 25, 2022, as Missouri Governor Mike Parson (middle) and State Department of Agriculture director Chris Chinn (left) listen and applaud (file photo courtesy of the governor's Flickr page)
