Urban Grown Stories

Welcome to St. John Gardens, a community garden founded20 years ago in Northeast KC by a group of artists. In what was once a vacant lot next to Rebecca’s ceramics studio, St. John Gardens has grown to 48 beds, planted over a dozen fruit trees, and become a thriving community art space.

Learn more about St. John Gardens and Northeast Arts KC at https://www.northeastartskc.org/stjohn-gardens

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Welcome to East High School, the largest high school agriculture program in Missouri. Learn about how educators like Andrew Killen are fostering a love of food and a deeper understanding of our food system in students at East High!

Want to know more about how to support your local food system?

• Buy and Eat Local
• Advocate for policy that supports urban farms
• Grow your own food
• Volunteer

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Welcome to City Bitty Farm, an innovation studio andagricultural laboratory settled on land with a long history of growing food for the community. Learn how a farm dedicated to microgreen production allows Greg and his team to provide 900 consecutive weeks of providing food to hiscommunity!

Learn more about City Bitty Farm at https://www.citybittyfarm.com/

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Welcome to Dirt Beast Farm, an urban farm committed to sustainability and profitability (because farmers need a check too). Learn how Jameson turned 16 vacant lots from the Land Bank of KCMO into the thriving farm business/farm cat sanctuary it is today!

Learn more about the Dirt Beast Farm Philosophy at https://www.dirtbeastfarm.com/

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Welcome to Tracy Gardens, the latest from HeartlandAll Species Project and Marty Kraft. This small garden space off Tracy Avenue has a different objective than most … carbon capture! Learn all about maintaining the mycelium networks that support growing food, biochar, and Johnson-Su composting.

Learn more about the Heartland All Species Project at https://tracygarden.org/

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Welcome back to Urban Grown Stories, a podcast by Cultivate KC. Join us in looking back at the beginnings of the Urban Grown Tour, how it shaped farmers and their communities. We also take a moment to honor Janet Moss Awaken, a long-time supporter of the Urban Grown Tour and community activist.

Want to know more about how to support your local food system?

• Buy and Eat Local
• Advocate for policy that supports urban farms
• Grow your ow...

Welcome to Global One Urban Farm, a non-profit charitable organization that produces and distributes free organic vegetables at our 1.5-acre garden site to seniors, veterans, youth, and low-income families to raise health levels throughout Kansas City in USDA-defined food insecurity communities. Their team converts unused land into sustainable organic community vegetable gardens. They provide access to...

Welcome to Manheim Gardens, an inclusive community garden and green space in the urban core of Kansas City, Missouri. At almost 2 acres, the garden provides an enriching place for neighbors, children, and adults alike to learn, grow, play, and thrive. 

As a 100% volunteer-run 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, dedication and heart are at the core of everything we do. We offer growing space and free produce for neighbors, hos...

Welcome to George Washington Carver Farm, a small farm on the East Side of Kansas City, MO, where they grow fruits and vegetables for our neighborhood and city. They were told that we live in a food desert, but they see an oasis with untapped potential.

Their 2/3 acre site was neglected for decades after the demolition of the homes built there. At some point, it was covered with gravel, almost a foot deep! They aim to restore this s...

Welcome to Juniper Gardens Training Farm, a 9-acre site just minutes from downtown Kansas City, KS, and right across the river from Kansas City, MO. Juniper Gardens Training Farm is home to the New Roots program, helping resettled refugees and new Americans start and operate independent farm businesses that supply healthy produce to feed our community. In addition to New Roots, Juniper has 18 community garden plots, 5 program gradu...

Welcome to Kansas City Community Gardens, an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit located in Kansas City, KS KCCG has assisted community and backyard gardeners throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area to improvenutrition, reduce food costs, combat obesity, increase physical activity, encourage neighborhood leadership, and promote locally grown and sustainable food.

KCCG has grown from a staff of three to 18 and currently supports 768...

Welcome to KC Farm School (sometimes referred to as Gibbs Road Farm), a 14.5-acre farm located in Kansas City, KS, with the mission of inspiring people of all ages, ancestries and abilities on-farm, hands-on to connect to land and soil, food, community, and opportunities. Folks at the KC Farm School are committed to regenerative and organic agriculture with practices including no-till, chemical-free, soil building through cover cro...

Welcome to KC Urban Farm Co-Op, a locally owned, member-operated economic engine fueled by a sustainable urban agriculture industry established in 2016. The largest urban orchard in Kansas City. Our fruit orchard includes apples, pears, peaches, bush cherries, blackberries and raspberry plants. They also have raised garden beds for members to use year-round. In addition to providing our community with a place to grow organic food, ...

Welcome to Maple Creek Urban Farm, a calming oasis located in Kansas City, KS, where Sandra Machin has been steadily creating a beautiful urban farm situated on a calming creek, also home to her very happy ducks! Maple Creek Urban Farm is for the community to gather, grow, and to feed.

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Welcome to MyCo Planet, an indoor mushroom farm located in North Kansas City, started by Robin Moore, a proud mother and biologist by training, to harness the amazing power of mushrooms to build a sustainable business that is technology and science-driven to feed KC. The largest organism on the planet is a mushroom, at over 2.4 miles across, and over 80% of the earth you walk on is covered in mycelium, the part of the fungus that l...

Welcome to Two Birds Farm, an urban farm located in Kansas City, KS, on 20 acres of rolling hills and woods just above the Kansas River. Started by long-time Kansas City urban agriculture community members Laura Christensen and Katherine Kelly, Two Birds Farm grows practically every kind of vegetable you can imagine and manages an adorable herd of meat and grazing goats. Tucked away just minutes from conventional suburban neighborh...

Welcome to Bread and Roses Farm! Bread and Roses Farm began as a community garden in 2010, with garden plots for individuals to use, extra produce given to neighbors, and a few classes. Over the years, as the space expanded and the land required more stewardship, it has evolved into a CSA and market garden, allowing a hopefully growing number of people to farm full-time, putting all their energy into restoring this land.

They are co...

Welcome to MO Hives KC, an educational organization that involves urban residents in the creation, preservation, and expansion of pollinator habitats in the KC Metro Area, utilizing vacant land to support community health and wellness, as 33% of food depends on pollinators for growth. With their pollinator garden located in Kansas City, MO, MO Hives aims to not only educate folks about the importance of pollinators in our local foo...

Welcome to Urbavore Urban Farm, a biologically diverse farmstead set on 13.5 acres in Kansas City's urban core. Their energy-independent systems for food production, waste, water, and shelter redefine sustainability to build community and ecology. Self-described rebel farmers and adventurous eaters, Brooke Salvaggio and Dan Heryer are hard at work creating a wholly sustainable, off-grid farmstead that includes an organic orchard, v...