PHOTO GALLERY: Columbia man has run a produce company since 1997

November 12, 2012 | 6:00 a.m. CST

Ron Anderson has been working as a farmer for 25 years and since 1997, sold fresh produce throughout Columbia.

Ron Anderson poses for a portrait in front of a table of produce in his garage on Oct. 16. He began selling produce in the spring of 2010 as a therapeutic outlet and a way for him to meet new people after his wife died in 2009. | Yi-Chin Lee

Ron Anderson sells fresh produce on his lawn in Columbia on the afternoon of Oct. 16. Anderson purchases these vegetables from two Amish families in Clark. | Yi-Chin Lee

Produce sits in boxes on a table in Ron Anderson's garage on Oct. 16. Anderson said he sometimes gives away extra vegetables to his customers because he enjoys making people happy. | Yi-Chin Lee

The refrigerator in Ron Anderson’s garage shows the price of the produce he sells. He gets the produce from two Amish families in Clark. | Yi-Chin Lee