Rooted in the Ozarks. Growing Opportunity.
Building the conditions for economic mobility in Missouri’s Ozarks.
GOTURSIX is a veteran-founded 501(c)(3) community development nonprofit serving Missouri’s South Central Ozarks.
Our name comes from the military expression “I’ve got your six,” meaning “I’ve got your back.” That idea shapes how we approach community development.
We listen to the people who live, work, grow, build, and do business here. We identify the barriers standing between local resources and local opportunity. Then we bring people, partnerships, and practical infrastructure together to create pathways for communities to thrive.
Connect neighbors.
Navigate barriers.
Build what’s missing.
We make it easier to have your community’s back.
YOU’RE INVITED TO JOIN THE PICKLE PROJECT!
The Pickle Project is how we listen for the Missing Middle: the relationships, services, places, rules, and market pathways that help local food reach local people.
Join a conversation near you. Share what is working, what is missing, and who else we should hear from. Your perspective will help shape the South Central Missouri Food Action Plan, a Missouri EATs MU Extension project.
From Cucumber to Pickle
Growing Producer Pathways for Local Market Enterprise in Missouri
What happens when a local producer can grow a cucumber, but turning it into a jar of pickles creates a very different pathway to market?
GOTURSIX followed that question from producer experiences in South Central Missouri to Missouri law and examples from other states.
Our legislative research brief explores how Missouri could expand opportunities for value added food enterprises while maintaining appropriate food safety protections. The opportunity could help more Missourians test demand, build revenue, grow local enterprises, expand consumer choice, and keep more local dollars circulating through Missouri communities.
WHEN YOU SUPPORT LOCAL, YOU GROW:
PRODUCERS →
PRODUCTS →
ENTERPRISES →
CHOICES →
DOLLARS →
DEMAND →
COMMUNITY.
I AM A PRODUCER
I WANT TO HELP
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Mission
Build the conditions for economic mobility.
Current Strategy
Champion local food producers.
Methods
Connect people, develop leaders, and invest in shared community infrastructure.
Outcome
More local opportunity and stronger rural economies in South Central Missouri.