Cultivate Kansas City in the News

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• So, sweet, tater: Goal is to grow 20,000 pounds

  Kansas City Star, June 2012

• The Kansas City Farmer of the Future

  KCUR Central Standard, May 2012

• Refugees from around the globe bring their green thumbs to KC

  41 Action News, May 2012

• The Summer is loaded with food and drink festivals

  Pitch, May 2012

• Farm-fresh experience

  Ink KC, May 2012

• Bootstrap@ the Salad Garden

  National Young Farmers' Coalition, May 2012

• Do good and feel good

  The Kansas City Kansan, May 2012

• Volunteers dig into urban farming

  41 Action News, April 2012

• Props to the Get Growing KC campaign

  Mike & Roxie's blog, April 2012

• Green home grants for gardens

  Kansas City Star, Feb 2012

• Church plotting to grow food, sense of community

  Lee's Summit Journal, February 2012

• Service helps youth appreciate Martin Luther King

  KCTV5, January 2012

• Area cooks share creative recipes for summer's bounty

  Kansas City Star, August 2011

• Farm Aid profile: Sherri Harvel

  News from Farm Aid, August 2011

• Scenes from Farm Aid

  Wyandotte Daily News, August 2011

• Bloom where you're planted

  The Leaven, July 2011

• Urban agriculture taking root in KC

  Kansas Health Institute, June 2011

• Cultivate Kansas City hopes to inspire more urban gardeners

  Kansas City Star, June 2011

• Urban farms have strong impact in Kansas City

  Fox 4 News, June 2011

• Shawnee resident’s urban farm is oasis in suburban landscape

  Shawnee Dispatch, June 2011

• Power gardening show and tell

  St. Joseph News-Press, June 2011

• Urban farms bike tour

  Mother Earth News, June 2011

• tastebud magazine - Farm to Table featuring the Urban Farms & Gardens Tour

  tastebud magazine, June 2011

• Health Care Foundation dedicates $2.7 million to programs and initiatives that strive to improve access to healthy eating and active living

  Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City, June 2011

• Grammy winner Kenny Loggins performs in concert for charity

  NBC Action News, June 2011

• Roots for the uprooted

  Mennonite Mission Network, June 2011

• Farmer's Market on Wheels Rolls Out

  KCUR, May 2011

• Community gardening finally takes root in Overland Park

  The Johnson County Sun, May 2011

• Farm Aid, Willie Nelson coming to KCK

  Wyandotte Daily News, May 2011

• Reap abundant know-how at farmers markets

  Kansas City Star, April 2011

• Thinking of raising food in your backyard? Local center can help

  NBC Action News, April 2011

• Mobile market targets 'food deserts'

  NBC Action News, March 2011

• CSA options abound for those looking for local produce, eggs and meat

  The Pitch, January 2011

• Winter farmers markets are heating up

  Harvest Public Media, January 2011

• A 'clean-your-plate' approach may spoil good nutrition

  The Kansas City Star, January 2011

• Urban agriculture gains foothold in Independence

  The Examiner, December 2010

• Taking root in the city

  Ode Magazine, July/August 2010

• The urban farming debate goes beyond hipsters tending goats

  The Pitch, June 2010

• Kansas City relaxes ban on front-yard 'row crops'

  The Washington Post, June 2010

• Kansas City farming for cash

  Urban Farm Magazine, June 2010

• Local groups pleased with new Kansas City urban agriculture codes

  City Farmer News, June 2010

• New Roots for Refugees – Farming Empowers Women

  Blisstree, June 2010

• Six inspirational success stories in urban agriculture

  Earth Eats: Real food, Green living, June 2010