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.

Food for Everyone

There are as many different types of consumers of local food as there are different types of urban farmers and different types of food grown. Consumers with different needs can all benefit from urban farming. Three farms on the Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture farm tour explain this perfectly. Kurlbaum’s Heirloom Tomatoes, J-14 Agricultural Enterprises and the Troostwood Youth [...]

Badseed, Solid Roots

Brooke and Dan Salvaggio are a young couple immersed in the world of urban agriculture. Brooke started Badseed in 2007 after traveling around Europe experiencing the different connections between the people, their land and their food. After marrying over the winter while farming in Italy, the young couple is now committed to providing a more than organic product, and value the deep community and personal relationship that comes from attaching a name and a face to the food they grow. [...]