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(1937) “To Hell With Farming,” by an ex-farmer
This actually made me laugh out loud, so I thought I’d share it with you all. :) via City Farmer News –sb [This article first appeared in American Mercury (November 1937).] “A farmer, eh? Master of...
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Eat Local and Organic! EXPOs – Mar 26 and Apr 2
Want to join a CSA?! Then Visit the KC CSA Coalition’s table at the 13th Annual Eat Local and Organic Exhibition of Farmers – Saturday, March 26 in Independence and Saturday, April 2, in Shawnee. You...
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Fair Share Farm hosting Outstanding in the Field dinner!
THIS JUST IN, from member farm Fair Share Farm: We received some exciting news this week at the farm. We have been chosen (and agreed) to host an Outstanding in the Field dinner. This program travels...
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blue ribbon photo from yesterday’s KCFC Expo
our beloved badseeds photo credit: Emily Akins
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THIS WEEKEND: Urban Farms & Gardens Tour!
We’re very excited that, at long last, the weekend of KC Cultivate’s Urban Farms and Gardens Tour has arrived — and we’re proud to say that some of our very own member CSA farmers (past and present)...
View Articlenew documentary: “American Meat”
I just saw the trailer for this new documentary about the American meat system, starring Joel Salatin, the Shenandoah-valley farmer who has come to fame and fortune thanks to his philosophy of...
View ArticleBiggs Blue Farm membership suspended
Biggs Blue Farm’s KCCSAC membership has been suspended pending an investigation into allegations regarding their growing practices. We will update you as soon as possible when we have more...
View ArticleBigg Blue Farm investigation: press release
Over the past few weeks, the Kansas City Food Circle (KCFC) and the Kansas City CSA Coalition (KCCSAC) have worked together to investigate the allegations against Bigg Blue Farm that questioned Stan...
View ArticleFall CSA’s: Get your Meat On!
As the year’s first hard freeze approaches and the season for fresh summer produce winds down for the year, seasonal eaters look toward other locally-produced sources of nutrition. Fortunately, the...
View ArticleExtending the Season: Red Ridge Farms
Although last Saturday was the end of the season at the Brookside Farmers’ Market, where Jim and Ami Zumalt (Red Ridge Farm) have a weekly market table (and where their “market CSA” members pick up...
View Article{New Roots for Refugees} Winter Workshops Underway!
Workshops are a big part of our education program at New Roots. Throughout the winter months, we offer both farming specific English Language classes and classes focused on vegetable production and...
View Article2012 KCCSAC Farmer Application Now Available
Are you a farmer who serves the Kansas City metro and is running a CSA? Are you a fierce advocate of organic (or “better than organic”), pasturing, free-ranging, growing practices? Do you educate...
View Article{New Roots for Refugees} Volunteer Projects!
Seeds are ordered, classes have begun, and we will be in the greenhouse before we know it. All the buzz around here has me thinking that it is almost time to be in the field and at market, which...
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{Fair Share Farm} the Fair Share Farm CSA Video!
For some reason this year the signups for the CSA have been coming in at a slower rate than other years. Perhaps for the better, this circumstance has caused us to review our “marketing” plan and...
View Article{Fair Share Farm} Let the Seeding Begin
Well it is official, the growing season has started. Last Saturday February 4th our two new interns, Dani Hurst and Ryan Stubby, joined us for half a day to initiate the planting of over 12,000 onion...
View Article{Fair Share Farm} Fair Share Farm Wins MU Extension Award!
On Thursday we received some mail from the University of Missouri Extension. We regularly work with Extension, attend or help out at workshops and classes, and otherwise take advantage of the help and...
View Article{Red Ridge Farm} Snow Dreams of Spring Veggies
I asked Anna last night at dinner what she wanted to be when she grew up. Without a thought she said, “I want my own farm and I’m going to plant stuff”. What a kid. Warms the heart right up. Of...
View Article{Potluck Picnic Farm Tours} New Roots for Refugees
Hello, CSA enthusiasts! Today, the KCCSAC is hosting the next in its series of Potluck Picnic Farm Tours — this time at New Roots for Refugees! Come on up to the Juniper Gardens Training Farm (100...
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{Fair Share Farm} Week 6: In the Share
FARM REPORT Every plant and beast on the farm sighed with relief as the rain fell Sunday night. The slow steady rain seeped in the ground, filled in the cracks and washed us clean. About an inch fell...
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