South Side Farms

Maurice Theriot, Director of Southside Farms, was one of six recipients of the 2026 'Missouri Spark Prize' from the Missouri Foundation for Health. It recognizes his and his organization's work expanding access to fresh, healthy food in South Cape Girardeau, a federally designated 'food desert '- an area with limited access to affordable, fresh, healthy, and nutritious food.

Maurice Theriot, Director of Southside Farms, was one of six recipients of the 2026 'Missouri Spark Prize' from the Missouri Foundation for Health. It recognizes his and his organization's work expanding access to fresh, healthy food in South Cape Girardeau, a federally designated 'food desert '- an area with limited access to affordable, fresh, healthy, and nutritious food.

South Side Farms will reside South of Highway 74. The area was designated by the state as an “Opportunity Zone'' and “Federal Food Desert” due to the scarcity in grocery stores, causing heightened rates of food insecurity in the community.