Bell Urban Farm opened The Farmstand in 2020, and has become a jewel of the local Conway food scene. Located at 2011 Tyler St., it offers a grocery store, an urban backyard garden, a chicken house, a couple of greenhouses, and honeybees, to boot.  

Visitors would never know the Farmstand is in a once abandoned, dilapidated home. The glass-paneled front door gives way to a modest-sized, open market floor filled with locally grown products. The chalkboard behind the checkout counter maps the location of Bell Urban Farm’s partners, whose products fill the shelves.  

Patrons can find meat products from Rabbit Ridge Farms, ice cream from Loblolly Creamery, a host of locally sourced and grown produce that varies depending on the season, and a wall full of dry goods, including spaghetti noodles and sauce, salsa, grains, rice, and more. 

“Our main mission is to support our local community as much as possible,” said Kim McCannon. “We do this by purchasing directly from Arkansas-based farmers and artisans, and also love hosting various community events and workshops each year at our farm.”