Our mission is to embrace, enhance and support the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities (our Farmers). Our goal is to help each Farmer increase their self-reliance, gain vocational skills and encourage positive social interactions. This is accomplished by providing innovative community integration, employment services and vocational experiences. Program activities take place throughout the community and in three locations which include retail markets, catering services, a farm setting and coming soon, a café to our downtown Weston, MO location. Our retail markets are located in Westwood, KS and Weston, MO.
Our Westwood Market,
located at 4740 Rainbow Blvd, is a great shopping and soon to be art
destination. Stocked full of great finds and our specialty goods for local
shoppers, this location also serves as a program space for our Farmers living
in south Kansas City. Farmers engage in vocation skill development and
community engagement activities. Soon, visitors to the Rainbow Boulevard
location will see an expanding art focus with spinning wheels, looms and kilns
filling the program space as our Farmers create fiber and pottery pieces for
display and if you are lucky, to purchase.
We have two locations in Weston, MO – A retail market in historic downtown and “the Farm.” “The Farm” includes a retail market, the Farm to Fork commercial kitchen and community gardens. It is where our programs originated, where our Farmers gain social enrichment and vocational skills and where families from near and far come for a great experience. A seasonal operation, the Farm is located off Highway 273 in what was formally Vaughn’s Apple Orchard. We kick off the Farm’s reopening each year in April with a huge bedding plant sale. Our retail market is open all week. During peak harvest season, we embrace and celebrate the many festivals held in Weston Missouri. Weekends at the farm are family-friendly and include live bluegrass bands playing on the porch. Visitors enjoy a fun atmosphere, great shopping and delicious food. We are known for our hot apple fritters and apple slushies.
Our Historic Downtown Weston Market, located at 415 Main Street, includes a retail market, commercial kitchen and (starting in March) a café. This location is open year-round, 7 days a week. During weekdays, it serves as a vocational experience space for our Farmers who are preparing for their transition from high school.
