Lone Cottonwood Farm

04/04/2025

Just a reminder that the Columbia Farmers Market summer season begins tomorrow, April 5th. That means extended hours 8 a.m. – Noon and an additional number of vendors. It’s all happening under the covered MU Health Care Pavilion, so a little rainy weather isn’t a problem.

Also, I want to announce that Lone Cottonwood Farm will be taking a sabbatical from the Market this year. After celebrating 50 years of beekeeping last year, it’s time to take a break, catch up on a number of things, and come back fresh again in 2026. While I’ll still be caring for the bees, I won’t be focusing on honey production and won’t have any available for sale this year.

While you’re shopping at the Market I encourage you to support the other honey vendors, as well as all those offering a wide variety of products and fresh, local produce.

Thanks for your business and support. I’ll look forward to seeing your friendly faces once again next year.

Send a message to learn more

04/25/2024

It's been a while since I've posted anything here so, first of all, I want to extend a BIG THANK YOU to all my faithful customers! 2024 is off to a great start for Lone Cottonwood Farm at the Columbia Farmers Market. In fact, so much so that my 2023 honey crop is almost exhausted. Therefore, this Saturday, April 27th will be my last day at the Market until I can harvest a fresh crop of honey from the upcoming spring and early summer nectar flows.

I'll have a good supply of honey on Saturday, so if you need to stock up, this would be a good time to do it. Come early if you can for the best selection because some container offerings will probably sell out.

Oh, and if there is a little rain in the air, no worries. We are all under the roof now at the completed MU Health Care Pavilion!

09/10/2022

🥕🥦🍎 Time is running out! Vote for your favorite in the America's Farmers Market Celebration at markets.farmland.org and check out the standings while you're there! Voting ends 9/19/22

Presented with Farmers Market Coalition

08/07/2022

07/25/2022

Columbia Farmers Market is a year-round producer-only farmers market! Shop local, with everything produced within a 50-mile radius of Columbia! Over the past few years, the Columbia Farmers Market has experienced tremendous growth. With the opening of Columbia’s Agriculture Park, Saturday customer...

06/10/2022

You’ve been asking for it, so come and get it! Freshly harvested honey bee-gathered pollen from Lone Cottonwood Farm. Available now at the Columbia Farmers Market, Saturdays 8:00 a.m. – Noon.

11/22/2021

Lone Cottonwood Farm will be at the Columbia Farmers Market on Tuesday, 3-5 p.m. Our 2021 harvest of Local Honey has an excellent flavor for your Thanksgiving dinner or for gift giving throughout the Holiday Season. Hope to see you there...

Meet Me At The THANKSGIVING Farmers Market! - See you tomorrow! https://mailchi.mp/columbiafarmersmarket/11417-2448264

09/22/2021

Lone Cottonwood Farm is proud to be a member of the Columbia Farmers Market, recently voted the #1 People's Choice Farmers Market in the Nation!

Columbia Farmers Market is the #1 "People's Choice" farmers market in the NATION! 🥳 We also won the #1 farmers market in the Midwest and #1 in Missouri. We're in awe of the support our community showed us in the American Farmland Trust and Farmers Market Coalition 13th annual America’s Farmers Market Celebration, pulling in 10,506 votes, securing this award. THANK YOU to EVERYONE that voted and shared! 💚 💛 💜

We also need to send a BIG THANK YOU to all of the CFM staff and vendors that worked so hard in getting the word out about this and getting folks to vote.

Congrats to Oxford Community Market for taking home 2nd place, Monroe Farmers' Market with 3rd place, and to all of the other markets across the country that participated! This was such a fun and exciting contest, showing the importance of all of the work we're doing TOGETHER across the country for farmers markets, farmers, artisans, and farmers market staff/volunteers. Just because this competition is over doesn't mean this momentum and our work slows down. Keep up your amazing and essential work! 🙌

Again, THANK YOU to everyone that helped us win this amazing recognition!

09/02/2021

Please consider casting your vote for Columbia Farmers Market. We are very close to being voted the #1 Farmers Market in the nation! Along with the national recognition, the top prize is $2500 which will be used to continue offering such programs as cooking demos and activities for kids, along with other things that make our Market unique.

MARKET GIVEAWAY! Win by helping CFM 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 100 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/dmbe3 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 and use the hashtag . 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 CFM zip-up hoodie and $25 in market tokens!

07/23/2021

Lone Cottonwood Farm is an all-in-one beekeeping and honey farm. Steve Moeller's honeybees delight freely in the wildflowers in and around the property and produce honey that is extracted on-site. In return, Steve upkeeps their hives. It's a truly symbiotic relationship, the end result of which is the delectable honey and pollen that Steve brings to market. Sample some honey for yourself this Saturday at the center ambassador table at CFM. To learn more about the farm, visit https://columbiafarmersmarket.org/lonecottonwoodfarm.

03/26/2021

The Columbia Farmers Market just keeps getting better and better. Please consider a donation to help "Raise the Roof" so we can all be together "Under the Roof".

02/10/2021

Yes, all Lone Cottonwood Farm honey products are available through the CFM Online Market.

CFM CANCELED THIS SATURDAY - ONLINE MARKET/CURBSIDE PICKUP REMAINS OPEN!

Brr....talk about a polar vortex! Due to the frigid temperatures and potential snow predicted this Saturday, we've decided to cancel this Saturday's market. BUT we're keeping our Online Market and curbside pickup open. If you've held off on using the store, this Saturday is a great time to give it a try!

The store is now open AND we've extended the shopping window through Friday at 12 pm this week! Shop at columbiafarmersmarket.org/shop.

Ordered items can be picked up at the One Room Schoolhouse (right next to the market), Saturday from 9:30 am-11:30 am.

Canceling the market is always a challenging decision for CFM, as our vendors depend on their weekly sales. Through shopping via the Online Market, you can still support your local vendors, and get your local groceries! It's a win-win and we all can stay warm and safe this weekend!

If you have any questions or need any help navigating the store, don't hesitate to reach out to us!