The local farmers market season is one of the very best things about living in Kansas City and there are quite a few options for locals looking for fresh produce.
Even better, here's a thoughtful peek at how this local community continues to grow with an intensity that nearly matches the beautiful gaze of hottie Marissa . . .
Kansas City has a bounty of urban farms—that is, farms operating in a city’s urban core—that even farmers market devotees don’t have on their radar. Business models vary, but the farmers all talk to each other, and most have ties to the KC Farm School or Cultivate KC.
“We use the word ‘coopetition,’” says Cultivate KC staffer Daniel Robinson with a laugh. “We cooperate and share, but we’re a little bit competitive with each other, in a good way. If we see Urbavore doing something that works, we try it. Ultimately, we just want to help each other grow and better serve our individual communities.”
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Meet the people farming in Kansas City's urban core
Growing in the grid Meet Kansas City's burgeoning community of urban farmers. BY NATALIE TORRES GALLAGHER | PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHASE CASTOR Get on the highway and head out of Kansas City in any direction and you'll hit fields sooner or later-soybeans, corn, rice, cotton. These tracts of acreage are usually what come to mind when...
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