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Veterans

A man in sunglasses and a blue cap stands outdoors, smiling in front of a yellow Caterpillar bulldozer. The ground is covered in patches of snow, and hes wearing a blue jacket.

Connected to the Co-op

Since the day Lester Rufenacht first got his hands in the dirt on his family’s farm in southern Henry County, Mo., he’s found himself drawn to working the land. “I guess it’s in my blood at this point,” Lester says with a laugh. With the exception of a two-year deployment […]

A group of people wearing jackets and hats are planting seedlings in neat rows in a community garden. They are on their knees, working in a freshly tilled plot surrounded by straw mulch. Several small buildings are visible in the background.

Urban Farm to Serve Central Missouri Veterans

The Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture and Harry S. Truman Veterans’ Hospital have entered into a three-year agreement to use CCUA’s urban farm site at 1209 Smith St. in Columbia to develop a new community space for mid-Missouri veterans. Beginning in the spring of 2020, the two organizations will work […]

A man wearing a dark gray MFA Oil Propane polo shirt and matching baseball cap stands outdoors in a field with a cloudy sky in the background.

Man on a Mission

Tom Cushing climbs out of a propane bobtail truck, unfurls its heavy hose and stretches it toward a customer’s nearby tank. The way he moves it’s hard to tell the man once sustained a back-breaking injury that would lead to the eventual replacement of both of his hips. Cushing’s job […]

Veterans

Connected to the Co-op

Urban Farm to Serve Central Missouri Veterans

Man on a Mission

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