The Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture is a 501c(3) tax-exempt organization founded in 2004 that promotes the production of food- fruits, vegetables, and other farm products- in the neighborhoods where people live, work, shop, and play. The organization has three programs:
• The Kansas City Community Farm, a certified-organic, working vegetable farm that is a demonstration farm and training center for urban and organic producers.
• The Urban Farm Development Program, which provides technical assistance, networking, and advocacy for urban farmers and communities interested in local food production.
• The Farm Business Development Program at Juniper Gardens Training Farm that helps limited-resource people start and run their own farm businesses.
KCCUA is a powerful advocate for policies and practices that put production of fresh, nutritious produce in neighborhoods where families need it most. KCCUA is a founding member of the Kansas City Food Policy Coalition that advocates for access to healthy, locally grown food and is involved in a variety of initiatives to address urban hunger and food access issues.
In 4 years, we have earned a national reputation for our forward-thinking, practical approach to urban agriculture that gets results. In 2008, we received multi-year funding from two national funders: Heifer Project and Cedar Tree Foundation, and were named 2008 Nonprofit of the Year by Kansas City’s Pitch magazine. KCCUA became a United Way Agency in 2009. Our farm was named one of the country’s top ten urban farms by Natural Home magazine.
For more information, visit us at www.kccua.org