Kansas City Community News: Foodie Help & Friendly Faces

A Sunday tradition we started in 2025 and want to keep going into the new year . . . 

Every now and then it's nice to take a pause and realize not everybody in Kansas City is protesting or politicking . . . In this post we compile our reading and great resources featuring locals doing their best to help locals and their neighbors.  

Check TKC news gathering . . .

Kansas City chef shares healthy eating tips, recipes for the new year

At the Culinary Center of Kansas City, Chef Gary Hild teaches classes on cooking with real, unprocessed foods and healthy oils. The result is delicious, nutritious meals meant to nourish your body.


Joyce Watts spent decades baking around Kansas City. Now she's thriving as the Boujee Baker

Watts had a long stint serving up treats with her sisters under Big Momma's Bakery-Cafe and then as a home-based business. This past May, she opened her own brick and mortar on E. 12th Street.


Food banks prepare for increased demand following SNAP changes

Area providers expect more clients as eligibility requirements tighten and grants face cuts.


Eden Village prepares to build second tiny home community for homeless in Kansas City, Kansas

Eden Village officials say 2026 is the time for their most ambitious project: a second site that will house even more people who have been homeless.


Humanitarian of the Year | Ashlie Hand - The Catholic Key

Director of the diocesan Office of Communications receives award from alma mater By Allison Vrooman Ashlie Hand, director of the Office of Communications in the Diocese of Kansas City - St. Joseph, has been selected as the 2025 Humanitarian of the Year by her alma mater, Loras College.


Filling rural eco devo gap: $2.15M grant promotes new growth for small food and farm businesses after federal cuts

Fresh-cut funding from the rural-focused Patterson Family Foundation is expected to boost food work in Kansas and western Missouri - strengthening businesses rooted in small communities with innovative resources and programs.


Jewish Community Foundation celebrates "Legacy in Motion" at its 66th annual meeting

More than 100 community leaders and Jewish Community Foundation supporters gathered for the organization’s 66th annual meeting and installation of officers and trustees.


4 The People's top stories of 2025

It's never easy deciding which guests and shows you should highlight in a "best of" year-end edition of any show.

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