July 17, 2026
Grants supported by Vital Farms’ corporate grantmaking fund
Vital Farms, through its corporate grantmaking fund at the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, granted $127,196 to eight agencies in its 22-county service area in Missouri. The grant-funded projects align with Vital Farms’ purpose of improving the lives of people, animals and the planet through food, and its commitment to support the communities where its network of more than 625 family farmers live and work.
The eight agencies receiving funding are:
- Center for Human Services: $15,000 to support the Bloom Beyond Project to transform a once-dormant greenhouse in Sedalia into a hub for inclusive horticultural education, vocational training and community engagement.
- GOTURSIX.org: $15,500 to install cold-storage infrastructure and an on-site structure to support the Wright County Farm Stop in Hartville.
- Humansville R-IV School District: $6,140 to expand resources for special education students to develop STEM and family and consumer science skills, while improving food security, fostering self‑sufficiency, addressing community poverty and replacing outdated kitchen equipment.
- Missouri Environmental Education Association: $15,000 to support the launch of a professional development initiative that equips educators at rural schools with the tools, knowledge and confidence to teach regenerative agriculture.
- Ozarks Food Harvest: $3,655 to continue general food distribution, including retail donation pick-ups, across southern Missouri.
- Springfield Community Gardens: $30,000 to purchase and install two refrigeration units at Ozarks Farm Stop.
- Springfield Public Schools: $38,848 to purchase a blast freezer to preserve locally grown produce for use throughout the school year.
- Willard Children’s Charitable Foundation: $3,053 to purchase a new coop, feed and bedding for elementary school chicken programs at Willard Public Schools.
Vital Farms is a Certified B Corporation that offers a range of ethically produced foods nationwide, and its award-winning egg washing and packing facility, Egg Central Station, nests in Springfield, Missouri, less than a day’s drive from more than 625 small farms who produce the leading U.S. brand of pasture-raised eggs by retail dollar sales.
Since its first grants last year, the Vital Farms Local Impact Grantmaking Program has granted more than $254,000. Supported by the Vital Farms Corporate Grantmaking Fund held by the CFO, the program was open to agencies serving 22 counties in which Vital Farms’ farmers operate throughout Missouri: Adair, Bates, Benton, Cedar, Cooper, Dade, Dallas, Greene, Howard, Howell, Laclede, Lawrence, Moniteau, Morgan, Oregon, Pettis, Polk, St. Clair, Texas, Vernon, Webster and Wright counties.
About Vital Farms
Vital Farms (Nasdaq: VITL) is a Certified B Corporation that offers a range of ethically produced foods nationwide. Started on a single farm in Austin, Texas, in 2007, Vital Farms is now a national consumer brand that works with 625 small farms and is the leading U.S. brand of pasture-raised eggs by retail dollar sales. Vital Farms’ ethics are exemplified by its focus on the humane treatment of farm animals and sustainable farming practices. In addition, as a Delaware public benefit corporation, Vital Farms prioritizes the long-term benefits of each of its stakeholders, including farmers and suppliers, customers and consumers, communities and the environment, and crew members and stockholders. Vital Farms’ products, including shell eggs, butter, hard-boiled eggs, and liquid whole eggs, are sold in more than 23,500 stores nationwide. Vital Farms pasture-raised eggs can also be found on menus at hundreds of foodservice operators across the country. For more information, visit vitalfarms.com.
