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 [...] Listen to Bruce and Maureen Branstetter from Drumm Farm discuss what visitors to their farm should expect during the KC Urban Farms and Garden Tour on June 28, 2009. Drumm Farm in Independence, Mo., is home to foster children and a 2- to 3-acre farm. The farm sells its produce for 29 weeks, from mid-April to mid-October, [...] Victory gardens are going back in style, and it’s children who are gaining from their revival. “I show the kids — here’s a beet, here’s how you pick it, here’s what it tastes like,” says Maureen Branstetter, farmer at Drumm Farm. The Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture is an example of how one business can have a positive impact by supporting local farmers and providing fresh food and economic viability to the Kansas City community. Listen to co-founder Katherine Kelly and farm manager Alicia Ellingsworth explain the inner workings of urban farming by clicking on the link [...]
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 [...] In my first grade class, we were asked to make a poster of what we would wish for if we were granted three wishes. My list didn’t include ponies or mansions, but this: 1) I wish people would stop polluting the oceans. 2) I wish people would stop hunting animals for their fur. 3) I wish [...] Ok. So maybe health pine nut would be a more accurate description. I’m not on the South Beach diet, I don’t train for marathons, nor do I eat protein shakes. But I do stay active, eat my veggies, and get a good night’s sleep what I can. For most of us average health pine nuts, food is [...] Aye Aye Nu and Rachel Bonar talk about their joys, hopes and experiences out at Juniper Gardens. [...] Most people know bananas can corral Charlie horses. Some figure carrots help eyesight. And we know eating oranges keeps you from coming down with scurvy. But what if our food could go beyond fixing our hiccups? What if, instead of filling prescriptions and taking a conga line of pills, we could find natural remedies right there in [...] |
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