FROM FARM TO TABLE

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JIA WU

pours morning milk into glass jars at The Mother Farm. Located 10 minutes south of Columbia, The Mother Farm has 31 acres of land with a farm share membership program that allows people to participate in growing their own food. The mission of the farm is to provide “hands-on access to regenerative agriculture to increase human health and happiness, while regenerating soil and building community,” according to its website. In addition to tending crops, members can milk cows to get fresh milk and bring home organic produce and pasture-raised meat. Nagel started the farm share program in 2021 after leaving her research job as an MU associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology and women’s health — and she has never looked back.

Susan Nagel