If you didn't get to attend the KC Urban Farms and Gardens Tour this past Sunday, here is a slideshow showing some of the things you missed. Katherine Kelly of the Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture and one of the tour organizers, says not only the farmers and gardeners who took part were happy, but the attendees were, too. "It was a good mix. A lot of people were interested in food growing, along with a few casual families ... it was people who are interested in eating well and they
The neighborhood drama started with a simple crop of tomatoes.
Brooke SalvaggioIn 2007, Brooke Salvaggio took over the 2.5 acres surrounding her grandparents' house on Bannister Road in southern Kansas City and turned it into Bad Seed Farm. This spring, with husband Dan Heryer adding his expertise to the urban operation, the organic farmers decided to expand their cornucopia, including a new planting of tomatoes in the front, side yard.
But the blushing fruit happened to be within view o
First, a disclosure, my wife and I are one of the four community supported agriculture (CSA) members at Bad Seed Farm. As such, we have a vested interest in seeing Bad Seed succeed. Urban farmers, community leaders and city officials gathered before a crowd of close to 100 people at Bad Seed Farm's downtown market space on Tuesday night to discuss the process for potentially changing the development code in Kansas City. "We need to look at urban agriculture as a potential solution to problems
First,
a disclosure, my wife and I are one of the four community supported
agriculture (CSA) members at Bad Seed Farm. As such, we have a vested
interest in seeing Bad Seed succeed. Jonathan Bender wrote this post on Fat City earlier today. Since it updates Carolyn Szczepanski's post from earlier this week, we're cross posting. Urban farmers, community leaders and city officials gathered before a crowd of close to 100 people at Bad Seed Farm's downtown market space on Tuesday night to disc
A committee organized to identify the key issues around urban agriculture in the Kansas City, Missouri metro area -- the result of a public forum on October 22 -- met for the first time on Monday night at the Nutter Ivanhoe Neighborhood Center in midtown. "We want to revise the codes of Kansas City, Missouri, to be more supportive of urban farming and lay out a pathway that other municipalities can follow," said Katherine Kelly, director of the Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture.For a c
Jonathan Bender wrote this post on Fat City earlier today. A steering committee organized to identify the key issues around urban agriculture in the Kansas City, Missouri, metro area -- the result of an public forum on October 22 -- met for the first time on Monday night at the Nutter Ivanhoe Neighborhood Center in midtown. "We want to revise the codes of Kansas City, Missouri, to be more supportive of urban farming and lay out a pathway that other municipalities can follow, said Katherine
