Located in a food desert in the Midwest, The Troostwood Youth Garden is growing fresh food and a community where no one else will. Listen to urban farmer Ericka Wright and youth Jessica Baker discuss Troostwood’s origins, how fresh food can work in the city and the importance of knowing where your food comes from in [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...] Root Deep Urban Farm is owned and operated by Sherri Harvel. With nearly twenty years of farming experience, Harvel has turned a dilapidated piece of property, in Kansas City Missouri, into a small and vibrant farm. You can find anything from naturally grown organic fruits and vegetables, to an array of spices. She showcases her produce at several farmers markets throughout the city and is in business from April through November. Harvel is a board member with the Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture (KCCUA) and a member of the Kansas City Community Gardens. [...]
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, [...] |
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