2009 Farms and Gardens Tour Photos

The 2009 Tour was an amazing event thanks to the efforts of all the farmers and volunteers and all who came out to visit the farms. You can view photos from the event on this Flickr page.

Benefits of Local and Organic for the Community

 

KCCUA is like the Thanksgiving table: a place where all Kansas City residents can come together

There is nothing more American than Thanksgiving when Americans of all colors and religions gather around dinners symbolizing the first Thanksgiving. On that historic day, Pilgrims and Indians broke bread at the same rough-hewn table.  The table, however, was not [...]

Growing Plants and Relationships: Katherine Kelly at KCCUA

 

Katherine Kelly in the leafy greenhouse at KCCUA.

Katherine chats with each customer at the spring transplant sale.

From our perch on top of a stack of soggy hay bales, six-year-old Evangeline Ellingsworth and I can see the entirety of the farm that is her stomping ground. Beyond the curved hoophouses and still-barren fields, [...]